Lepiota magnispora Murrill
(Yellowfoot Dapperling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLepiota magnispora (Yellowfoot 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 magnispora (Yellowfoot Dapperling) :
1: Lepiota magnispora (Yellowfoot Dapperling)
31 Oct 1982 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
13 toadstools in deep litter under Beech
Image 1: Caps - oblique view - close-upImage 2: CollectionImage 3: Fruitbodies - oblique view - in situImage 4: Fruitbodies - side view - in situImage 5: Fruitbodies - side view - in situ (2)Image 6: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain downImage 7: Gills, ring and stipe apex - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 9: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 10: DescriptionImage 11: Description - contd
2: Lepiota magnispora (Yellowfoot Dapperling)
13 Oct 1981 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
3 toadstools under Hawthorn
Image 1: Fruitbody - side view - in situImage 2: Fruitbody - side view - in situ (2)Image 3: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain downImage 4: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain down (2)Image 5: Fruitbody - top view - close-upImage 6: Cap tomentum - base - magnifiedImage 7: Cap tomentum - magnifiedImage 8: Cap tomentum - tips - magnifiedImage 9: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 10: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 11: DescriptionImage 12: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pearson, B.D. 2007 Lepiota on the Outwood Trail Field Mycology Vol 8 (2): 66-69.
Reid D.A. 1958 New or Interesting records of British Hymenomycetes. II TBMS Vol 41 (4): 419-445.

Lepiota magnispora (Yellowfoot 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 magnispora (Yellowfoot Dapperling)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lepiota magnispora (Yellowfoot Dapperling)
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