Lepiota erminea (Fr.) P. Kumm.
(Dune Dapperling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLepiota erminea (Dune 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 erminea (Dune Dapperling) :
1: Lepiota erminea (Dune Dapperling)
17 Oct 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Seven fruitbodies, mostly old, growing in short grass . Photos: toadstools: in situ, lain down, close-ups, dextrinoid reaction of spore print, cheilocystidia, spores
Image 1: Cap - in situ - close-upImage 2: Fruitbodies - arrangedImage 3: Fruitbody - lain down - close-upImage 4: Fruitbody - lain down to show gills - close-upImage 5: Fruitbody - lain down to show gills - close-up (2)Image 6: Fruitbody - lain down to show gills - close-up (3)Image 7: Spore print with Melzer\'s Iodine to show dextrinoid reactionImage 8: Stem base - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Stem base - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 11: Cheilocystidia - magnified (2)Image 12: Cheilocystidia - magnified (3)Image 13: Spores - magnifiedImage 14: Spores - magnified (2)Image 15: Spores - magnified (3)Image 16: Spores - magnified (4)Image 17: Spores - magnified (5)Image 18: Spores - magnified (6)Image 19: Spores - magnified (7)Image 20: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 21: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 22: Spores - highly magnified (3)
2: Lepiota erminea (Dune Dapperling)
14 Oct 1981 OSGR: ST25 51° 20’ N, 3° 0’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Image 1: Fruitbodies - row of - top view - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - side view showing gills - lain downImage 3: Fruitbodies - side views - lain downImage 4: Fruitbodies - top view - in situImage 5: Fruitbody - oblique view - in situImage 6: Fruitbody - side view - in situImage 7: Fruitbody - side view - lain downImage 8: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain downImage 9: Cap cuticle end cell - magnifiedImage 10: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 11: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 12: DescriptionImage 13: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Savage, D. 2008 Fungi of the far north: Part 3: From the Borgie to the Naver Vol 9 (1) Page: 13-19

Lepiota erminea (Dune 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 erminea (Dune Dapperling)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lepiota erminea (Dune Dapperling)

A Parasol of sandy calcareous grassland. It has a white cap tinged ochraceous in the centre and spindle-shaped spores. Mainly coastal, it is occasionally found inland.

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