Editing Lepiota (section)

===Current status===
Following some discussion over the [[type species]],<ref name = "Donk62"/> ''Lepiota'' has now been conserved under the [[International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants]], typified by ''Agaricus colubrinus'' Pers. (= ''[[Lepiota clypeolaria]]'').<ref name = "Code"/> Recent [[Molecular phylogenetics|molecular]] research, based on [[cladistic]] analysis of [[DNA sequences]], suggests that the [[morphology (biology)|morphological]] concept of ''Lepiota s.s.'' (''sensu stricto'' = in the strict or narrow sense) is soundly based.<ref name = Johnson&Vilgalys/><ref name = Vellinga2003/><ref name = Vellinga2004/>

The name "Lepiota" is derived from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] λεπις (= "scale") + οὖς (= "ear").<ref name=Rea1922/>