Lepiota castanea Quél.
(Chestnut Dapperling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lepiota castanea (Chestnut Dapperling)
Genus	Lepiota (a genus of dapperlings)
Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lepiota castanea is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

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

2: Lepiota castanea (Chestnut Dapperling)
6 Oct 1981	OSGR: SU26	51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W	Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7)	England

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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:

Lepiota
(a genus of dapperlings)

AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lepiota castanea (Chestnut Dapperling)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lepiota castanea (Chestnut Dapperling)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lepiota castanea is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)