Chamaemyces fracidus (Fr.) Donk
(Dewdrop Dapperling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChamaemyces fracidus (Dewdrop Dapperling)
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 Chamaemyces fracidus (Dewdrop Dapperling) :
1: Chamaemyces fracidus (Dewdrop Dapperling)
24 Aug 1985 OSGR: SU39 51° 40’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
14 toadstools, singly, in 2’s and 3’s, under Hawthorn
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side view showing ring and stipe - lain downImage 2: Fruitbodies - top view - in situImage 3: Fruitbody - side view - in situImage 4: Fruitbody - side view - lain downImage 5: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain downImage 6: Fruitbody - top view - in situImage 7: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 8: Pleurocystidia - magnifiedImage 9: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 10: DescriptionImage 11: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kibby, G. 2015 Fungal Portraits: No. 62: Chamaemyces fracidus Field Mycology Vol 16 (2): 39-40.
Vellinga, E.C. Chamaemyces Batt. ex Earle Vellinga, E.C. Agaricaceae (Fr.) Cohn (Key to genera), 2pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 5

Chamaemyces fracidus (Dewdrop Dapperling) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chamaemyces fracidus (Dewdrop Dapperling)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chamaemyces fracidus (Dewdrop Dapperling)
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