Lepiota helveola

Lepiota helveola is a gilled mushroom of the genus Lepiota in the order Agaricales. It was described by Italian mycologist Giacomo Bresadola in 1882.

Lepiota helveola
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L. helveola
Binomial name
Lepiota helveola
Lepiota Helveola
float
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex or flat
hymenium is free
stipe has a ring
spore print is white
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: deadly

It has white gills and spores. They typically have rings on the stems,

Like several other species of the genus Lepiota, it contains amatoxins which may cause potentially fatal liver injury.

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