Lepiota castanea Quél.
(Chestnut Dapperling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLepiota castanea (Chestnut Dapperling)
GenusLepiota (a genus of dapperlings)
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 Lepiota castanea (Chestnut Dapperling) :
1: Lepiota castanea (Chestnut Dapperling)
12 Oct 1981 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
10 toadstools growing amongst L. xanthophylla and L. bickhamensis under Hawthorn
Image 1: Cap - top view - close-upImage 2: CollectionImage 3: Fruitbodies - side view - in situImage 4: Fruitbody - side view - in situImage 5: Fruitbody - side view - lain downImage 6: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain downImage 7: Cap - oblique view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Cap - oblique view - close-up - in situ - enlargedImage 9: Cap - top view - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Description
2: Lepiota castanea (Chestnut Dapperling)
6 Oct 1981 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side view - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - side views - lain downImage 3: Fruitbody - side view - in situImage 4: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain downImage 5: Cap - oblique view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Caps - oblique view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnifiedImage 8: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 9: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 10: DescriptionImage 11: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Rea, C. 1914 New or rare British fungi TBMS Vol 05: 434-440+Plate.

Lepiota castanea (Chestnut Dapperling) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lepiota castanea (Chestnut Dapperling)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lepiota castanea (Chestnut Dapperling)
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