Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Lepiota castanea Quél.
Synonyms: Lepiota ignicolor
Lepiota ignipes
Lepiota rufidula
Common Name: Chestnut Dapperling


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Lepiota castanea

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (3)
Rubus fruticosus agg. (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (4)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Woodland (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (3)
Soil Leaves (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
March (1)
August (1)
October (4)