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Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821

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New Zealand
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(Pers.) Gray
Pers.
Gray
Gray, S.F. 1821: A Natural Arrangement of British Plants. 1. Baldwin, Cradock & Joy.
1821
601
conserved
Fr.
Fries, E.M. 1821: Systema Mycologicum. 1. Ex Officina Berlingiana.
9, 19
ICN
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
genus
Lepiota

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Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Agaricales
Verrucosporaceae
Lepiota

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has host
Agathis australis (D.Don) Lindl.
PDD (3 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst.
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Beilschmiedia tawa (A.Cunn.) Kirk
PDD (4 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Citrus
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Coprosma rhamnoides A.Cunn.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Cyathea
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Cyathea dealbata (G.Forst.) Sw.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Cyathea medullaris (G.Forst.) Sw.
PDD (3 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Cyatheales
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (A.Rich.) de Laub.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Dacrydium cupressinum Lamb.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Dicksonia
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Ficus
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Fortunella
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Humulus lupulus L.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Knightia
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. 1983
PDD (3 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Leptospermum ericoides
PDD (4 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
PDD (3 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Malus domestica
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Myrtaceae
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Nothofagus
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Nothofagus cliffortioides
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Nothofagus menziesii (Hook.f.) Oerst.
PDD (4 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Nothofagus solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst.
PDD (2 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Nothofagus solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst. var. solandri
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Nothofagus truncata (Colenso) Cockayne
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Pinus
PDD (4 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Podocarpus dacrydioides
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Podocarpus totara D.Don
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Salix
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
has host
Sequoiadendron
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
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Verbena
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Weinmannia racemosa L.f.
PDD (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page

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Anon.: NZFUNGI (unassigned reference).

Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821

Small, delicate, thin-fleshed mushrooms, always on soil, cap dry, with brown scale-like patches, white flesh becoming exposed as these break apart as the caps expand. Always with a ring on the narrow stalk, the ring sometimes becoming loose and detached. Gills white, free. Spore print white.

Although common in New Zealand forests, the genus is very poorly understood for New Zealand. Saprobes. Many species are poisonous.

Leucocoprinus is similar in structure and also has a detaching ring on the stalk, but this tropical genus is bright yellow and typically found in pot plants on very rich soil.

Saprobes on soil. A common and widespread genus in New Zealand, but poorly known taxonomically. Small, delicate mushrooms, the cap often pointed and with coarse, brown scales, the gills white and free, the stipe with a prominent ring.

Many species poisonous.

About 15 species have been reported from New Zealand, only those listed below have descriptions or images available from NZFungi.

Massee, G.E. 1899: The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349.

Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821

Pileus regular, usually scaly; gills free from the stem, white or tinted; stem central, bearing a ring; spores white or dingy.

Free gills and a ring on the stem are the important features of the present genus. In some species the ring disappears soon after the pileus expands. On the ground.

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Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Anon.
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Dingley, J.M. (1978)
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Fries, E.M. (1821)
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Gray, S.F. (1821)
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; David, J.C.; Stalpers, J.A. (2001)
Agaricaceae Chevall. 1826
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008)
Agaricaceae Chevall. 1826
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008-)
Agaricaceae Chevall. 1826
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Knudsen, J.; Vesterholt, J. (2012)
Agaricaceae Chevall. 1826
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Massee, G.E. (1899)
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Pennycook, S.R. (2004)
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Ridley, G.S.; Taylor, G.M. (1997)
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Lepiota (Pers.) Gray (1821)
Taylor, G.M. (1981)
Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak 1968
Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak (1968)
Horak, E. (1968)
Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak 1968
Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak (1968)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; David, J.C.; Stalpers, J.A. (2001)
Agaricaceae Chevall. 1826
Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak 1968
Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak (1968)
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008)
Agaricaceae Chevall. 1826
Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak 1968
Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak
Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008-)
Agaricaceae Chevall. 1826
Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak 1968
Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak (1968)
Segedin, B.P.; Pennycook, S.R. (2001)
Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak 1968

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Mexico
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Auckland
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Bay of Plenty
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Buller
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Coromandel
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Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
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Dunedin
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Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
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Fiordland
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Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
New Zealand
Gisborne
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Hawkes Bay
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New Zealand
Kaikoura
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New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
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New Zealand
Nelson
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Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
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Northland
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Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
New Zealand
Otago Lakes
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Rangitikei
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New Zealand
South Canterbury
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Southland
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New Zealand
Stewart Island
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Taupo
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New Zealand
Waikato
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New Zealand
Wairarapa
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Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
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Wanganui
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New Zealand
Wellington
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Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
Solomon Islands
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Lepiota (Pers.) Gray 1821
United Kingdom
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Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak 1968
New Zealand
Auckland
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Lepiotula (Maire) Locq. ex E. Horak 1968
New Zealand
Taupo
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1 January 2001
10 February 2021
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