Names, authorship and dates from Index Fungorum.

• BasidiomycotaPhylum
• └─ AgaricomycetesClass
• └─ AgaricalesOrder
• └─ AgaricaceaeFamily
• └─ LepiotaGenus

Higher ranks from Catalogue of Life (COL26.9 XR).

Lifestylesaprobiont

On leaf litter in deciduous and coniferous woodland, especially under beech and oak

⚠ Before you pickWild fungi may be taken in small quantities for your own use (§39(3) BNatSchG) — but not in nature reserves or national parks, on closed land or on farmland in use, and never for sale (§39(4)). In Bavaria this right is anchored in Art. 141(3) of the state constitution and is limited to locally customary amounts; the competent authority is the district nature-conservation authority (untere Naturschutzbehörde). Local signs and ordinances come first.

Species protection from BArtSchV Annex 1 and §2(1), retrieved 2026-10-15; Red List from Dämmrich et al. (2016) (BfN / Rote-Liste-Zentrum). Not legal advice — local rules and signage may be stricter. BArtSchV Annex 1 · Red List data

• poisonous mushroom

Poisonous — like many Lepiota species, suspected of causing gastrointestinal poisoning

• ▸ White cap covered with reddish-brown, woolly scales, denser towards the centre
• ▸ Slender stem with a fibrous, woolly zone instead of a firm ring and a shaggy, white-felted base ('fleecy boot')
• ▸ White, free gills and white spore print
• ▸ Cap conical-bell-shaped at first, then expanding to convex