Stinking Dapperling

Habitat

Found in various locations including broad-leaved woodlands, gardens, lawns, and waste ground. It typically grows on soil, humus, wood chips, and leaf litter. This species frequently inhabits disturbed sites such as urban areas, parks, yards, roadsides, and trails. It appears in clusters, small groups, or scattered troops, and while it occurs under various tree types, it is rarely found associate with conifers.

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Appearance

Cap

2–6.5 cm wide; initially bell-shaped, oval, or rounded-conical, maturing to convex or broadly convex with a distinct umbo. The surface is dry with a reddish-brown to dark brown center that breaks into small, often concentrically arranged scales on a white to creamy, silky background.

Gills

White to creamy, becoming slightly brownish or darker with age; crowded or close, broad, and free from the stem.

Stem

2–8 cm long and 3–5 mm thick; slender, cylindrical, and white to light beige, sometimes developing pinkish-tan or flesh-colored tones. The surface is smooth to silky and may be covered in silvery-white fibrils.

Partial veil

Forming a thin, membranous ring on the stem that is fragile and often disappears or remains as tatters on the cap margin; the ring is typically white on top and occasionally brownish on the underside.

Flesh

White and very thin; fragile in the cap and more fibrous in the stem.

Odor

Strong and unpleasant; variously described as smelling like burnt rubber, burning hair, gas, metallic, or boiled sweets.

Spore print

White.

Edibility

This species should be avoided as it is easily confused with extremely toxic mushrooms and other similar small species that require microscopic analysis for accurate identification. It is characterized by a strong, unpleasant odor variously described as burnt rubber, burning hair, gas-like, or metallic with a sweet component. While reports on taste vary from pleasant to unpleasant, its small size and similarity to dangerously poisonous relatives make it unsafe to consume.

Nutrient Source

It obtains nutrients by decomposing dead or decaying organic material.

Common Names

Basque

galanperna usaintsu

Danish

Stinkende parasolhat

Dutch

Stinkparasolzwam

English

Stinking Dapperling, Stinking Parasol

Finnish

puistoukonsieni

French

Lépiote puante, Lépiote crêpue, Lépiote crêtée

German

Stink-Schirmling

Norwegian Bokmål

stankparasollsopp

Norwegian Nynorsk

stankparasollsopp

Spanish

paloma pudent, galanperna usaintsua, lepiota maloliente

Swedish

syrlig fjällskivling

Welsh

Pertyn Drewllyd

Synonyms

• Agaricus cristatus
• Agaricus granulatus
• Agaricus miculatus
• Agaricus punctatus
• Gyrophila miculata
• Lepiota felinoides
• Lepiota subfelinoides
• Lepiotula cristata
• Lepiotula cristata
• Tricholoma granulatum
• Tricholoma miculatum