Lepista panaeolus (Fr.) P. Karst.
(Spotted Blewits)

Interactions where Lepista panaeolus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Lepista panaeolus/Lepista panaeolusspotted blewitsfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Lepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits)
GenusLepista (a genus of toadstools)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Dickson, G. & Leonard, A. 1996 Fungi of the New Forest - A Mycota 210pp, British Mycological Society
Kibby, G. 2008 Lepista panaeola, an uncommon species… Vol 9 (4) Page: Front cover

Lepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 23 images of Lepista panaeolus (Spotted Blewits)

A pale pinkish-brown toadstool with no smell, that commonly grows in fairy rings on downland, in frondose woodland and gardens but always on calcareous soil. The cap is often spotted.

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