Lepiota

Lepiota
Lepiota clypeolaria, the type species
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Lepiota (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Type species
Lepiota clypeolaria (Bull.) P.Kumm.
Synonyms
Fusispora Fayod (1889) Lepidotus Clem. (1902) Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E.Horak (1968) Morobia E.Horak (1979) Amogaster Castellano (1995)

Lepiota is a genus of gilled mushrooms in the family Agaricaceae. All Lepiota species are ground-dwelling saprotrophs with a preference for rich, calcareous soils. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agaricoid with whitish spores, typically with scaly caps and a ring on the stipe. Around 400 species of Lepiota are currently recognized worldwide. Many species are poisonous, some lethally so.