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Chestnut Dapperling

Lepiota castanea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 120, February 89, March 139, April 219, May 316, June 344, July 369, August 317, September 233, October 174, November 95, December 74.
United States2,708
Alaska2,489
California69
Canada51
Washington48
British Columbia33
Spain20
Germany20
Indiana18
Ontario18

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyVerrucosporaceae
GenusLepiota

Sources

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