Murrill

Description:

This is a less common picture of an immature Murrill. Not recommended edible.

Habitat:

Found in the Gasquet mountainous area, it Northern California up by Little Jones Creek Road amongst Douglas Fir, Tan Oak and moist woodlands.

Notes:

Current status Following some discussion over the type species,[10] Lepiota has now been conserved under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, typified by Agaricus colubrinus Pers. (= Lepiota clypeolaria).[11] Recent molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, suggests that the morphological concept of Lepiota s.s. (sensu stricto = in the strict or narrow sense) is soundly based.[5][12][13] The name "Lepiota" is derived from the Greek λεπις (= "scale") + οὖς (= "ear").[14]