Lepiota brunneoincarnata
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| Lepiota brunneoincarnata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Lepiota |
| Species: | L. brunneoincarnata |
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| Lepiota brunneoincarnata Chodat & C.Martín (1889) |
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Lepiota barlae Pat. (1905) |
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Lepiota brunneoincarnata, also known as the deadly dapperling, is a gilled mushroom of the genus Lepiota in the order Agaricales. It is known to contain amatoxins and consuming this fungus can be a potentially lethal proposition. It was responsible for a fatal poisoning in Spain.[1] It has white gills and spores. They typically have rings on the stems, which in larger species are detachable and glide up and down the stem.
It was described by Chodat & C. Martín in 1889.[2]
Like several other species of the genus Lepiota, it contains amatoxins which can result in severe liver toxicity.
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[edit] References
- ^ Herráez Garcia, J.; Sanchez Fernández, A.; Contreras Sánchez, P. (2002). "[Fatal Lepiota brunneoincarnata poisoning]" (in Spanish). Anales de Medicina Interna 18 (9): 481–82. PMID 12152395.
- ^ Chodat, R.; Martín, C. (1889). "Contributions Mycologiques" (in French). Bulletin de la Société botanique de Genève 5: 221–27.
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