Lepiota tomentella J.E. Lange
(a dapperling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lepiota tomentella (a 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 tomentella 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.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Orton, P.D.	1988	Notes on British Agarics IX	TBMS Vol 91 (4): 545-571.
	Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W.	1998	Profiles of Fungi No. 91: Lepiota tomentella J. Lange	Mycologist Vol 12 (1): 37.

Lepiota tomentella (a 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 tomentella (a dapperling)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lepiota tomentella (a dapperling)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lepiota tomentella is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)