Echinoderma asperum (Pers.) Bon
(Freckled Dapperling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEchinoderma asperum (Freckled Dapperling)
GenusEchinoderma
FamilyAGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Echinoderma asperum (Freckled Dapperling) :
1: Echinoderma asperum (Freckled Dapperling)
30 Sep 2011 OSGR: SY79 50° 40’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in litter, under Prunus lusitanica
Image 1: Cap - lain down to show unbroken ring and stipeImage 2: Cap - oblique viewImage 3: Cap margin ornamentation - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Ring (unbroken) - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Stipe base with fragments of universal veil - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Stipe base with fragments of universal veil - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 7: Stipe base with fragments of universal veil - close-up - enlarged (3)
2: Echinoderma asperum (Freckled Dapperling)
29 Sep 1980 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
3 toadstools under nettles on old bottle dump
Image 1: Cap - top view - close-upImage 2: Fruitbody - side view - in situImage 3: Fruitbody - side view showing ring and gills - in situImage 4: Fruitbody - side view showing ring and gills - in situ (2)Image 5: Ring - underside - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Stipe base - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Stipe base - enlargedImage 8: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 9: Hyphae from cap cuticle - magnifiedImage 10: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 11: DescriptionImage 12: Description - contdImage 13: Description - contd 2
3: Echinoderma asperum (Freckled Dapperling)
15 Sep 1977 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Cap - oblique view - close-upImage 2: Fruitbodies - oblique view - in situImage 3: Fruitbodies - oblique view - in situ (2)Image 4: Fruitbodies - top view - in situImage 5: Fruitbody - side view showing splitting ring and gills - lain downImage 6: Fruitbody -upturned to show unbroken ring
4: Echinoderma asperum (Freckled Dapperling)
23 Oct 1976 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Fruitbodies - oblique view - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - upturned to show gills and stipesImage 3: Fruitbody - oblique view - in situImage 4: Fruitbody - top view - close-up - in situImage 5: Fruitbody - upturned to show gills and stipeImage 6: Fruitbody - young - side view - lain downImage 7: Fruitbody - young - side view showing ring - lain down

Echinoderma asperum (Freckled Dapperling) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Echinoderma asperum (Freckled Dapperling)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 16 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Echinoderma asperum (Freckled Dapperling)
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