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Lepiota castaneidisca
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About
Lepiota castaneidisca is a species of agaric fungus in the family Agaricaceae. Formally described in 1912, it was for a long time considered the same species as the similar Lepiota cristata until molecular analysis reported in 2001 demonstrated that it was genetically distinct. It is most common in coastal and northern California, and has also been recorded in Mexico. A saprobic species, it is usually found under redwood and Monterey cypress. Its fruit bodies (mushrooms) have...
- Family
- Agaricaceae
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- Name
- Lepiota castaneidisca
- Slug
- lepiota-castaneidisca
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Agaricaceae
- Genus
- Lepiota
- Species
- castaneidisca
- Wikidata QID
- Q2997386
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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