New records of the genus Lepiota for Iran, including two deadly poisonous species

In the framework of the collection and identification of agaric fungi of Iran, three species of the genus Lepiota, viz. Lepiota brunneoincarnata, L. echinella and L. subincarnata are reported as new records for mycobiota of Iran. Two species, L. brunneoincarnata and L. subincarnata are deadly poisonous taxa. Up to now, two species of Amanita, A. phalloides and A. verna, and one from Galerina, G. marginata, have been reported from Iran as deadly poisonous fungi. Lepiota brunneoincarnata and L. Subincarnat, both collected from northern forests of the country, are introduced as fatal dangerous poisonous fungi.