Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Lepiota castanea Quél.

Synonyms:

Lepiota ignicolor Lepiota ignipes Lepiota rufidula Pertyn Gwinau

Common Name:

Chestnut Dapperling

Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species

An ectomycorrhizal species

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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)