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Shield dapperling
Lepiota clypeolaria
40.5373, -3.68179
Field Notes
Description:
The cap is egg shaped when young, soon broadly bell shaped and has pale straw- or orange-brown scales on a pale background. The central boss is covered with a well-delimited uniform disk of the same colour as the scales. It grows to 5 cm, rarely up to 8 cm in diameter. The gills are white and crowded, with white spores.
Poisonous
The white stem has an indistinct ring, below which it is coarsely woolly, giving an appearance which is sometimes described as "booted". The stem is long, hollow and slender and expands slightly below into a club shape. The flesh is white and has an unpleasant smell.
Habitat:
Habitat singly, scattered, or in small groups in mixed woods, hardwoods, or sometimes swamps. Sometimes quite common. Found in Europe and widely distributed in North America
This specimen was foun in an open forest with pine trees and Holm oaks
Notes:
Camera Model: NIKON D300
Exposure Time: 1/13 sec., f/8
ISO 1 EV below 200
Focal Length: 90.0 mm
Objective lens: Tamron SP 90 AF f/2.8 72E.
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