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Chestnut dapperling
Lepiota castanea
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About
Lepiota castanea, commonly known as the chestnut dapperling, is a dangerously poisonous, uncommon, gilled mushroom of the genus Lepiota in the order Agaricales. It is known to contain amatoxins and consuming this fungus can be a potentially lethal proposition. It was described by French mycologist Lucien Quélet in 1881.
- Family
- Agaricaceae
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- Name
- Lepiota castanea
- Slug
- lepiota-castanea
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Agaricaceae
- Genus
- Lepiota
- Species
- castanea
- Wikidata QID
- Q2640668
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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