Deadly dapperling
Lepiota brunneoincarnata · 肉褐鳞环柄菇
Rare蘑菇科☠️ Deadly Poisonous
Reference sources describe this as highly toxic, with recorded fatalities.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Small, with brown cap scales arranged in concentric circles
- Lower stem banded with brown scales; upper stem shows a ring zone
- Gills white; common in gardens, lawns, and roadsides
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 蘑菇科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Grassland
- How Big
- 2–6 cm (cap diameter)
- Encounter Rate
- Rare
- Habitat
- Urban lawns, flower beds and parks
Easily Confused With
Parasol mushroomParasol mushroom is far larger, with a snakeskin-patterned stem and a movable ring.
Fairy ring champignonFairy ring champignon has a smooth, scaleless cap and a tough stem with no ring.Fun Fact
Small in size but packed with amatoxins, it's one of China's deadly species; it often turns up in residential planting beds, easily dismissed as just another little lawn mushroom.
More in this family
- Almond mushroom
- Button mushroom
- Common puffball
- Field mushroom
- Flowerpot parasol
- Giant puffball
- Green-spored parasol
- Horse mushroom
- Shaggy ink cap
- Shaggy parasol
- Yellow stainer