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MUOB 173419
Lepiota clypeolaria (Bull.) P. Kumm.
Agaricaceae
Igor
MUOB 173419
2014-08-06
2014-8-6
Kazakhstan, Karaganda District, Karkaraly National Park
49.4418 75.4437
864-864 meters (2834-2834ft)
Lepiota clypeolaria (Bull.) P. Kumm., Agaricaceae, Agaricales. (Shaggy-stalked Lepiota ) It is similar 251157 & 230006 Local name: Лепиота шерстистообутая, Л. щитковая Cap: 6-10cm rounded sharp cone, then cone and flattened wide cone or almost flat with a knob when old; color is yellowish-white with dull yellow or brownish-yellow central spot; surface covered with appressed scales as darker spots between white cracks; margins are lighter. Cap margin is some shaggy or with short radial cracks; young cap has loose cottony veil. Flesh is white and fragile. Veil: partial veil as white loose cotton at the upper part of stalk below a cap. Gills: are free or slightly attached, narrow or moderately broad, close or crowded; color from white up to yellowish-white when old (sometimes with irregular brown spots. Stalk: 10-15cm long, white up to yellowish-white; 1-2.5cm thick, hollow with edging, gradually enlarging down with indistinct rounded basal bulb; stalk covered with cotton from the edge of cap margin (loose at the upper part and some shaggy at the bottom). Edibility: poisonous (?). Habitat: rather rare kind, single or small group scattered in pine-tree forest with rare birches. July - September.
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