Editing Lepiota (section)

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Lepiota clypeolaria.JPG
| image_caption = ''[[Lepiota clypeolaria]]'', the [[type species]]
| taxon = Lepiota
| authority = ([[Christian Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]]) [[Samuel Frederick Gray|Gray]] (1821)
| type_species = ''[[Lepiota clypeolaria]]''
| type_species_authority = ([[Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard|Bull.]]) [[Paul Kummer|P.Kumm.]]
| synonyms = *''Fusispora'' <small>[[Victor Fayod|Fayod]] (1889)</small>
*''Lepidotus'' <small>[[Frederic Clements|Clem.]] (1902)</small>
*''Lepiotula'' <small>([[René Maire|Maire]]) [[Marcel Locquin|Locq.]] ex [[E.Horak]] (1968)</small>
*''Morobia'' <small>E.Horak (1979)</small>
*''Amogaster'' <small>Castellano (1995)</small>
}}

'''''Lepiota''''' is a [[genus]] of gilled [[mushroom]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Agaricaceae]]. All ''Lepiota'' species are ground-dwelling [[saprotrophs]] with a preference for rich, [[calcareous]] soils. [[Basidiocarps]] (fruit bodies) are [[agaric]]oid with whitish [[spores]], typically with scaly [[pileus (mycology)|caps]] and a [[annulus (mycology)|ring]] on the [[stipe (mycology)|stipe]]. Around 400 species of ''Lepiota'' are currently recognized worldwide. Many species are [[poisonous mushroom|poisonous]], some lethally so.