Lepista panaeolus (Fr.) P. Karst.
(Spotted Blewits)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits)
GenusLepista (a genus of toadstools)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
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 Lepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits) :
1: Lepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
13 Oct 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Derby (VC 57) England
in short, species-rich, calcareous grassland . Photos: Fruitbodies in field
Image 1: Fruitbodies - lain down - close-upImage 2: Fruitbody - in situ - close-up
2: Lepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits)
13 Oct 2005 OSGR: SU79 51° 40’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
group of fruitbodies in grassland . Photos: toadstools: in situ, arranged, close-ups, LS, cap cuticle, spores
Image 1: Cap - oblique view - close-upImage 2: Cap - top view - close-upImage 3: Cap - top view - close-up (2)Image 4: Fruitbodies - arrangedImage 5: Fruitbodies - in situ - side viewImage 6: Fruitbodies - in situ - top viewImage 7: Fruitbodies - side views showing gillsImage 8: Fruitbodies - young - side views - close-upImage 9: Fruitbodies - young - side views showing gills - close-upImage 10: Fruitbody - LS - close-upImage 11: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - close-upImage 12: Cap cuticle - magnifiedImage 13: Cap cuticle - highly magnifiedImage 14: Cap cuticle - superficial yellow hyphae - magnifiedImage 15: Cap cuticle - superficial yellow hyphae - highly magnifiedImage 16: Cap cuticle - superficial yellow hyphae - highly magnified (2)Image 17: Spores - magnifiedImage 18: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 19: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 20: Spores - highly magnified (3)Image 21: Spores - highly magnified (4)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dickson, G. & Leonard, A. 1996 Fungi of the New Forest - A Mycota 210pp, British Mycological Society
Kibby, G. 2008 Lepista panaeola, an uncommon species… Vol 9 (4) Page: Front cover

Lepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits)

A pale pinkish-brown toadstool with no smell, that commonly grows in fairy rings on downland, in frondose woodland and gardens but always on calcareous soil. The cap is often spotted.

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