Reddening Lepiota

Leucoagaricus americanus

Family: Agaricaceae

Also called: Reddening Lepiota, American Parasol

Reddening Lepiota (Leucoagaricus americanus)
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Overview

Lepiota-like mushroom of wood chips and gardens; bruises wine-red. Edible cooked; verify white spore print to exclude C. molybdites.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
saprotrophic
Typical peak
Sep–Oct

Season

Sep–Nov — typical fruiting months: Aug, Sep, Oct.

Host trees & substrate

  • Decaying oak wood and forest litter
  • Decaying beech wood and forest litter
  • Decaying maple wood and forest litter

Where it grows

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