Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus (Peck) Singer
Family: Agaricaceae
Leucoagaricus rubrotinctus image
National Mushroom Centre  
Mata, M., D. Penjor and S. Pradham. 2010. Fungi of Bhutan. National Mushroom Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Thimphu, Bhutan.

Local name: No local name known

Edibility: Inedible

Habitat: Terrestrial or on wood and solitary to scattered.

Description: Cap: 3-7 cm diameter, convex to plane-umbonate, surface fibrillose and scaly, with the fibrils arranged radically on the cap, brownish-red on a white background. Hymenophore: Gills are free, close, white and moderately broad. Stem: 6-13 cm tall and up to 1 cm wide, equal to bulbous, surface fibrillose and bright white. Ring:  Membranous and white with a reddish-orange margin. Flesh: White. Spore Print: White.

Comments: L. rubrotinctus is one of the more distinctive species, easy to recognize, by a cap which has a reddish-brown disc, a surface that becomes fibrillose due to splitting of the cap, free white gills, and a ring.