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Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata

harmful

Stinking DapperlingLepiota cristata

Photo: (c) SiphonophoreSlinger, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Habitat

deciduous forests

mixed forests

parks, treelines

meadows, pastures

Season

from July to October

Agaricaceae

2–5 cm

Season

EndingPast the peak. The season usually lasts until late October.

Today · 22–28 Oct71% of peak

how often reportedpeak

Season

Jul–Oct

Peak

Sep–Oct

Reports

602Poland and neighbours

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Deadly dapperling grows at the same time

Both species grow together for about 12 wk a year. Most strongly from early September to early October.

Czubajeczka cielistaIn the forest together about 12 wk a year.

Curve from 602 observations (GBIF: Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Germany), smoothed week by week. It shows when foragers most often report the species, not how much of it grows.

Key features

Small cap with a red-brown, smooth center (disc) and concentrically arranged small rusty brown scales on a white background. Gills white, free; stem thin, white-pinkish, with a faint ring; unpleasant rubbery-chemical smell. Considered poisonous, not suitable for picking.

Reclassified: reclassified from 'toxic' per adversarial verify

Similar (be careful)Confusions documented in our database

Deadly dapperlingLepiota brunneoincarnata

deadly

The Stinking Dapperling has a sickly smell of rubber/gas and small brown scales; Lepiota brunneoincarnata has pinkish-brown concentric scales and contains AMATOXINS (deadly). All small Lepiota species: discard.

Deadly dapperlingLepiota brunneoincarnata

deadly

The Stinking Dapperling has a sickly smell of rubber/gas and small brown scales; Lepiota brunneoincarnata has pinkish-brown concentric scales and contains AMATOXINS (deadly). All small Lepiota species: discard.

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