Phylum：Basidiomycota　>>　Class： Basidiomycetes　>>　 Order： Agaricales 
   
 
　BCRC Number： NO BCRC Number!  
   
　Scientific Name： Phaeolepiota aurea
 
   
   
　Author：

Phaeolepiota aurea (Matt.: Fr.) Maire, Icones selectae Fungorum, 6 Texte general 6: 111. 1928.

Basionym: Agaricus aureus Matt., Résult. Voy. Belgica, Lich.: 331. 1777.
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Pileus 5-15 cm, campanulate then flat, yellow brown to ochraceous, powdery, margin entire. Flesh white, turning red when bruised. Gills free, crowded of several lengths, ocher. Stipe central, 8-15 × 1.2-3 cm, hollow, ocher, powder. Annulus membranous, ocher, descending. Spores fusiform, ocher yellow, smooth or verrucose, 10-13 × 4.5-5.5 μm. Cystidia not seen. Hyphae with clamps.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

Taiwan, Nantou: Meifeng, on soil, 12 Apr. 1995, CWN 00773 (TNM F0003230).
 
 
 
　Habitat： Scattered on soil in broad-leaved forest.
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Europe, North America, Asia.
 
 
 
　References：

Imazeki, R. and Hongo, T. 1987; Breitenbach, J. and Kranzlin, E. 1995; Chang, T. T. et al. 2001.
   
   
   
　Provided：

W. N. Chou
 
 
　Note： It is edible.