Lepiota decorata
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| Lepiota decorata | |
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| San Mateo County, California, 2018 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Lepiota |
| Species: | L. decorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepiota decorata Zeller, 1929 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lepiota pulcherrima, 1922[1] | |
| Lepiota decorata | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is free |
 | Stipe has a ring |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Lepiota decorata, also known as the pink parasol, is an uncommon species of gilled mushroom found in North America.[2][3] The cap of L. decorata usually has a speckled violet pattern, stains orange when scratched, and is about 4 to 8 cm in diameter.[4]
Lepiota decorata is often found in rich soil and leaf litter below trees including coast live oak, alder, eucalyptus, and conifer.[3] A similar, separate, as-yet-undescribed species is associated with Monterey cypress.[3] Leucoagaricus roseolividus, a much more common mushroom, has a superficially similar appearance.[4] L. decorata is possibly properly a Leucoagaricus but has not yet been moved over.[5] Lepiota decorata was first described in Mycologia magazine by S. M. Zeller in 1929.[1]
