18/Aug/24, 5:16 PM
Pürksi mõis, Läänemaa, Estonia
Urban park, in mowed garden lawn
59°00'22.2"N 23°31'24.9"E
🔆 No overcast with sun, bright spot
Original Instagram postLeucoagaricus leucothites
white dapperling
- Scientific identification
- Leucoagaricus leucothites (Vittad.) Wasser
- Family
- Agaricaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Leucoagaricus
Names across languages
- English: white dapperling
- German: Gemeine Egerlingsschirmling
- Finnish: Valkoukonsieni
- Estonian: Samet-ebašampinjon
- Russian: Белошампиньон румянящийся
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-08-18.
Hymenium
Gills, free from the stipe, crowded, initially white, turning pinkish with age, and eventually brown
Cap
Initially bell-shaped or convex, becoming broadly convex to flat with age, smooth and white, sometimes with a faint buff center, surface may become slightly cracked or scaly with age
Hymenium Attachment
Free
Stipe
Cylindrical, smooth, white, hollow, and somewhat fragile with a bulbous base, persistent, movable, thin ring near the upper part
Spore print
Spore print is white
Ecology
Saprobic, typically found growing in grasslands, meadows, lawns, and gardens, often in rich soil or compost
Edibility
Edible, though caution is advised due to its resemblance to toxic white Amanita species, especially A. virosa and A. ocreata
Fruit body
Fruit Body: 5–12 cm
Dimensions
Cap: 5–15 cm
Odour
Odour is indistinct
Microscopy
Spores smooth, ellipsoid, 8-11 x 5-6.5 µm, basidia are four-spored, cheilocystidia are present on the gill edges, typically clavate or flask-shaped
Overview
White, medium-sized mushroom found primarily in grassy areas such as lawns, gardens, and meadows
1977). Ukr. Bot. Zh. 34(3): 308.
Field encounters
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