Lepista (Fr.) W.G. Sm.
(a genus of toadstools)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Lepista glaucocana a blewits	Species		1 ident. refs
Lepista irina Flowery Blewits	Species	19 images
Lepista nuda Wood Blewits	Species	43 images	2 ident. refs
Lepista ovispora a toadstool	Species		2 ident. refs
Lepista panaeolus Spotted Blewits	Species	23 images	2 ident. refs
Lepista saeva Field Blewits Blue Leg	Species	39 images
Lepista sordida Sordid Blewits	Species	24 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Lepista (a genus of toadstools)
Family	TRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
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)

Lepista 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
()	Noordeloos, M. & Kuyper, T.W.		Lepista (Fr.) W.G.Sm. in J. Bot. Lond. 8:248. 1870	Bas, C. & Kuyper, T.W. Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouz. (continuation), 8pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 3
	Pegler, D.N. & Young, T.W.K.	1974	Basidiospore form in the British species of Lepista and Ripartites (Agaricales)	Kew Bulletin Vol 29 (4): 659-724+9 plates.

Lepista (a genus of toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

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 Lepista (a genus of toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 29 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lepista (a genus of toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lepista is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)