From: ir@ene.nu   
      
   On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:35:54 -0800, "Dimitar Bojantchev"   
    wrote:   
      
   > wrote in message   
   >news:1137394225.532113.142920@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   >> Looks pretty much like a Lepiota.  Never seen any Amanita grow in   
   >> clusters like that.......Best guess, Lepiota cepaestipes.  Also known   
   >> as "Onion-stalked Lepiota".  "Powdery-white cap with radially lined   
   >> margin, free gills, and ring on scallion shaped stalk; in clusters."   
   >> It also will bruise or discolor at the base to a yellow color.  I noted   
   >> this on the photos.   
   >> It has a white spore print and will be dextrinoid when Melzer's Reagent   
   >> is applied.  If these, they are reported to be poisonous.  By the way,   
   >> A. phalloides that I have collected seem to be a greenish color, that   
   >> appears to be "metalic"......slp/fmrc   
   >   
   >   
   >I think you're right -- at first I thought Lepiota-like stature, but   
   >couldn't remember seeing a similarly colored one. The veil is not   
   >quite Amanita-like, although that I can't quite see the Lepiota   
   >collar-like veil as well.   
      
      
   I never got the first message here, so I had to search for the   
   pictures on the web..   
      
   If it isn't recognized as a Lepiota, try the genus Leucocoprinus..   
   L. cepistipes is usually described as a smaller species with a bit   
   darker scales (pinkish grey), at least in the middle of the cap.   
   Regarding the colour and size, I'd rather say this is L. cretaceus   
   (also called L. cretatus).   
      
   Irene Andersson   
      
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