Poisonous lepiota mushroom: photo of chestnut, rough and comb lepiota with a description
Lepiots are inedible mushrooms of the champignon family. Mostly found in coniferous and mixed forests, on forest edges, clearings and pastures. Owners of household plots note the accumulation of poisonous lepiots in their gardens from mid-summer to the end of September. The lepiot fungus grows both singly and in groups.
Below is a description and photo of various types of poisonous lepiota: chestnut, rough and comb. You can also learn about the doubles of the mushroom and its uses.
Chestnut lepiota mushroom
Category: inedible.
Name chestnut lepiota (Lepiota castanea)from ancient Greek it is translated as "scales".
Hat (diameter 2-6 cm): often cracked, in young mushrooms bell-shaped or ovoid, becomes more widespread over time. It has a small tubercle in the center, the middle is usually darker than the edges. The light skin is densely covered with chestnut or brown scales.
Leg (height 3-7 cm): cylindrical, tapering from bottom to top, usually hollow. Young mushrooms have a small ring.
The flesh of the lepiota is very fragile, under the skin of the cap it is light, almost white, and in the leg it is brown or dark red.
Plates: thin, usually white, in older mushrooms it can be yellow or light brown.
Doubles: absent.
When it grows: from early July to mid-September in Europe and Siberia.
Where can I find: on the soils of deciduous and mixed forests.
Eating: not used as it contains dangerous amatoxins.
Application in traditional medicine: does not apply.
Other names: umbrella chestnut.
Poisonous mushroom lepiota rough
Category: inedible.
Rough Lepiota aspera hat (diameter 5-15 cm): yellow, brownish or orange, dry to the touch. In young mushrooms in the form of a small egg, it changes over time to slightly convex. Small cracks or scales in adult lepiots usually fall off.
Leg (height 6-13 cm): often hollow, cylindrical, with a stable ring. Lighter than the cap, rarely with small scales. Usually smooth to the touch.
Pulp: fibrous in the cap, white, darker in the stem. Possesses an unpleasant putrid odor and a pungent bitter taste.
Plates: frequent and uneven, white or yellowish.
Doubles: absent.
Lepiota grows from early August to October in the northern countries of the Eurasian continent, North America and Africa.
Where can I find: in mixed forests with moist and humus-rich soil. Can be found in city parks on rotten fallen leaves.
Eating: not used.
Application in traditional medicine (data not confirmed and not passed clinical trials!): tincture is used to fight malignant tumors, especially effective in the treatment of sarcoma.
Other names: the umbrella is sharp-flaked.
Lepiota crested poisonous
Category: inedible.
Hat (diameter 3-7 cm): usually reddish or brown with a central tubercle. In young mushrooms it is bell-shaped or in the form of a cone, and in old ones it is prostrate. Dry, due to which it is often covered with cracks and yellow or brownish scales.
Leg (height 3-10 cm): yellow or light cream, tapering from bottom to top, cylindrical, very thin and hollow. Young mushrooms have a white ring that fades over time.
Pulp: fibrous, white. Very acidic with an extremely unpleasant chemical odor.
Doubles: Lepiota relatives are lilac (Lepiota lilacea), chestnut (Lepiota castanea) and woolly (Lepiota clypeolaria). Lilac lepiota is extremely poisonous, has purple scales, chestnut and woolly scales on the caps have more and they are darker.
Eating: not used.
Application in traditional medicine: does not apply.
Crested lepiota grows from early July to late September in temperate countries of the Northern Hemisphere.
Other names: the umbrella is comb, the silverfish is comb.
Where can I find: on the soils of coniferous and mixed forests, on forest edges or along roads. Especially often, crested lepiota grows next to pines.
