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

Interactions where Lepiota erminea is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Agaricaceae/Lepiota erminea/Lepiota ermineadune dapperlingfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Lepiota erminea (Dune Dapperling) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lepiota erminea (Dune Dapperling) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lepiota erminea (Dune Dapperling)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lepiota erminea (Dune Dapperling):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 35 images of 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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