Lepiota aspera - Hat diameter 30-150 mm; young bell-shaped, arched, later spread out, with a convex pot in the middle. Cream, beige, brownish, flesh-brown surface; covered with orange-brown or black-brown, conically raised, pointed scales, easily abrasive. In old age, the hat may be slightly sunken in the middle and the scales fall off.

Lamellae thin, densely set, some forked at the stipe, free; white, cream; when damaged, they rust.

Stem 40-100 mm high, 5-15 mm thick; cylindrical, quite massive, initially full, with an empty hollow age; at the base spherical, tuber thickened to 25 mm. Wooly-fibrous surface, sometimes scaly; off-white, flesh-colored, brown bottom.

Wide, membranous ring, suspended; jagged on the edge; whitish on the top, brownish on the underside, woolly. Still.

Soft flesh in the hat; in the stipe obesity, woody; off-white Acid taste; intense, pungent, unpleasant smell (reminiscent of the skin of stinky or stinking tuft).

Occurrence: in deciduous and coniferous forests, parks, gardens, underbrush, along roads; in humid and shady places. It grows individually or in several pieces; from July to October. Quite common.

Value: Inedible mushroom.