Chamaemyces fracidus (Fr.) Donk
(Dewdrop Dapperling)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Chamaemyces fracidus (Dewdrop Dapperling)
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)

Chamaemyces fracidus 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 Chamaemyces fracidus (Dewdrop Dapperling) :
1: Chamaemyces fracidus (Dewdrop Dapperling)
24 Aug 1985	OSGR: SU39	51° 40’ N, 1° 30’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
14 toadstools, singly, in 2’s and 3’s, under Hawthorn

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Kibby, G.	2015	Fungal Portraits: No. 62: Chamaemyces fracidus	Field Mycology Vol 16 (2): 39-40.
	Vellinga, E.C.		Chamaemyces Batt. ex Earle	Vellinga, E.C. Agaricaceae (Fr.) Cohn (Key to genera), 2pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 5

Chamaemyces fracidus (Dewdrop Dapperling) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 Chamaemyces fracidus (Dewdrop Dapperling)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chamaemyces fracidus (Dewdrop Dapperling)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Chamaemyces fracidus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)