Lepista irina (Fr.) H.E. Bigelow
(Flowery Blewits)

Interactions where Lepista irina 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 saprobic on dead, rotting leaf of litter Major Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae 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 irina/Lepista irinaflowery blewitsfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdead, rottingleaflitterMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, rotting leaf of litter Major Fraxinus ashes Lamiales: Oleaceae 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 irina/Lepista irinaflowery blewitsfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashesdead, rottingleaflitterMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, rotting leaf of litter [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees 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 irina/Lepista irinaflowery blewitsfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead, rottingleaflitter
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, rotting leaf of litter Rare PINOPSIDA conifers 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 irina/Lepista irinaflowery blewitsfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdead, rottingleaflitterRare
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, rotting leaf of litter Cedrus cedars Pinales: Pinaceae 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 irina/Lepista irinaflowery blewitsfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Cedrus/Cedruscedarsdead, rottingleaflitter
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, rotting leaf of litter Rare Larix larches Pinales: Pinaceae 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 irina/Lepista irinaflowery blewitsfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/Larixlarchesdead, rottingleaflitterRare

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 irina (Flowery Blewits) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLepista irina (Flowery 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 irina (Flowery Blewits)

Lepista irina (Flowery Blewits) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 19 images of Lepista irina (Flowery Blewits)

An aromatic smelling, pale pinkish-brown toadstool that commonly grows in fairy rings on downland, in frondose woodland and gardens but always on calcareous soil.

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A mainly southern species found as far north as Leicester.

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