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Lepiota erminea (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 (a dapperling)

Notes (MWS) A Parasol of sandy calcareous grassland. It has a white cap tinged ochraceous in the centre and spindle-shaped spores. Mainly coastal, it is occasionally found inland.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #microphotos
Lepiota erminea toadstools: in situ, lain down, close-ups, dextrinoid reaction of spore print, cheilocystidia, spores 17 October 2005 Berks England 9 13
Lepiota erminea? Fruitbody 14 October 1981 North Somerset England 8

Suggested Literature

Lepiota erminea may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols)
Lepiota
(a genus of dapperlings)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Lepiota erminea is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae fruitbody is associated with Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. dunes]

Associated with Lepiota erminea:

Lepiota erminea may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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