A new species, Lepiota nigrosquamosa, is described from southwestern China. It is characterized by black brownish to black squamules on its pileus and stipe, fusiform or broadly fusiform spores, and a pileus covering of a trichoderm consisting of elongate, subcylindrical terminal elements in between with short clavate elements.
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Liang et al. (2012) studied this question.