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Lepiota oreadiformis Velen., 1920 (a dapperling)

Notes (MWS) A 'Parasol' toadstool with an orange cap and a cortinate ring. The spores are spindle-shaped. This species is found in grassland where it is uncommon.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Lepiota oreadiformis Fruitbody 8 November 2005 Berks England 3
Lepiota oreadiformis toadstools, in situ, close-ups, LS, cap cuticle, cheilocystidia, spores 25 October 2005 Berks England 12 18
Lepiota oreadiformis Fruitbody 8 October 1998 Berks England 11 2

Suggested Literature

Lepiota oreadiformis 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 oreadiformis 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

Associated with Lepiota oreadiformis:

Lepiota oreadiformis 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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