Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Leucoagaricus leucothites (Vittad.) Wasser
Synonyms: Agaricus cretaceus
Agaricus holosericeus
Agaricus laevis
Agaricus leucothites
Agaricus levis
Agaricus naucinus
Agaricus pudicus var. albus
Annularia laevis
Annularia levis
Lepiota holosericea
Lepiota leucothites
Lepiota naucina
Lepiota naucina var. leucothites
Leucoagaricus cretaceus
Leucoagaricus holosericeus
Leucoagaricus naucinus
Leucoagaricus pudicus
Leucocoprinus holosericeus
Common Name: White Dapperling


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Leucoagaricus leucothitesPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Ammophila arenaria (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Sand-dune (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Leaf Litter (1)
Sand (1)
Soil (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
February (1)
July (1)
September (1)