Leucoagaricus
Rosablättriger Egerlingsschirmling ( Leucoagaricus leucothites )
The Egerlingsschirmlinge or Egerlingsschirmpilze ( Leucoagaricus ) is a fungal genus of the family of mushroom relatives.
Features
The Egerlingschirmlinge are small to large mushrooms of schirmlingsartigem appearance, some species are similar in form very much the mushrooms. The hat is mostly fleshy and white to brownish in color. The hat surface is smooth, fibrous or flaky tearing up. The gills are free to almost free, thin, they are crowded and sometimes pink at maturity of the fruit body. The spore powder is white or pink.
Ecology
The Egerlingsschirmlinge saprobiontische are bottom dwellers.
Species
The genus includes about 75 species worldwide, for Europe the following species are reported in the literature:
Root Santander Egerlingsschirmling Leucoagaricus barssii
Rosablättriger or Common Egerlingsschirmling Leucoagaricus leucothites
Guinea Fowl Egerlingsschirmling Leucoagaricus meleagris
Rothütiger Egerlingsschirmling Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus
System
The genus is closely related to the fold screen Lingen ( Leucocoprinus ), the separation of the two genera is disputed.
Importance
The Egerlingschirmlinge are (especially with Wulstlingen as the Spring Amanita phalloides ) to avoid due to the great confusion with poisonous mushrooms for novice collectors as edible mushrooms in general, they are flavorful and rather insignificant. The Rosablättrige Egerlingschirmling is considered edible, is also probably very often confused with chestnut mushrooms, but have dark fins. About other Egerlingschirmlinge is too little known, so that they " No Mushroom " fall in many field guides under the category. Leaf cutter ants cultivate in their nests the type Leucoagaricus gongylophorus.