Leucoagaricus sericifer (Locq.) Vellinga
(a dapperling)

Interactions where Leucoagaricus sericifer 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 saprobic on dead, decayed leaf of litter [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees 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/Leucoagaricus sericifer/Leucoagaricus sericifera dapperlingfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, decayedleaflitter

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

Leucoagaricus sericifer (a dapperling) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Leucoagaricus sericifer (a dapperling) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeucoagaricus sericifer (a dapperling)
GenusLeucoagaricus (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 Leucoagaricus sericifer (a dapperling)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Henrici, A. 2001 Fungal Portraits, No. 8: Seven species of Leucoagaricus Field Mycology Vol 2 (4): 111-112,133.
Orton, P.D. 1985 Lepiota sericatella recorded for Britain Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 19 (2): 118-119.
Overall, A. 2011 Fungi Royale: Some interesting larger fungi of the Royal Parks - Part 2 saprobes Fungi Royale: Some interesting larger fungi of the Royal Parks Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 26-30.

Leucoagaricus sericifer (a 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 Leucoagaricus sericifer (a dapperling):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 19 images of Leucoagaricus sericifer (a dapperling)
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