lepiota

Definitions of lepiota

1. noun

   any fungus of the genus Lepiota
   types:

   Lepiota morgani, poisonous parasol

   an agaric regarded as poisonous

   Lepiota naucina

   an agaric with greyish white fruiting body and gills that change from pink to dingy red

   Lepiota rhacodes

   an agaric with a large cap with brown scales and a thick stalk

   American parasol, Lepiota americana

   an agaric with a pallid cap and a stalk that is enlarged near the base

   Lepiota rubrotincta

   an agaric with a relatively small pink to red cap and white gills and stalk

   Lepiota clypeolaria

   an agaric with a ragged stalk and a soft floccose cap

   Lepiota cepaestipes, onion stem

   a white agaric that tends to cluster and has a club-shaped base

   type of:

   agaric

   a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside