This genus forms a related group with Macrolepiota. It is a large group of Agarics with large (Macrolepiota) or small (Lepiota) fruit-bodies, free (distant from the stipe), white to cream or pale yellow gills, with a membranous, occasionally double ring, occasionally movable on the stipe, or with a ring zone. Spores white.
Listed taxa:
- Lepiota alba
- Lepiota aspera
- Lepiota boudieri
- Lepiota castanea, Chestnut Parasol
- Lepiota clypeolaria, Shield Fungus
- Lepiota cristata, Stinking Parasol
- Lepiota echinacea
- Lepiota felina
- Lepiota fuscovinacea