Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Omphalotaceae
Species: Gymnopus confluens (Pers.) Antonín, Halling & Noordel.

Synonyms:

Agaricus archyropus Agaricus confluens Agaricus ingratus Collybia confluens Collybia confluens var. confluens Collybia ingrata Marasmius archyropus Marasmius confluens Marasmius hariolorum

Common Name:

Clustered Toughshank

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (94) Corylus avellana (19) Quercus petraea (7) Quercus (5) Fraxinus excelsior (5) Poa (3) Larix (3) Pinus (2) Tilia (2) Betula (2) Pinus sylvestris (2) Picea sitchensis (2) Betula pendula (2) Tsuga heterophylla (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Tilia x vulgaris (1) Pinus nigra (1) Aesculus hippocastanum (1) Picea abies (1) Larix decidua (1) Betula pubescens (1) Pinaceae (1) Picea (1) Crataegus monogyna (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (33) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (31) Woodland (29) Woodland: mixed (29) Woodland: broadleaved (13) Woodland: mixed, plantation (13) Parkland and scattered trees (12) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (10) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (7) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (6) Built up area, domestic (5) Marsh/marshy grassland (3) Bog: raised (2) Boundaries: intact hedge (2) Scrub (2) Bog (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Marginal/inundation: marginal (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Sand-dune (1) Sand-dune: dune scrub (1) Scrub: dense/continuous (1) Wet dwarf shrub heath (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (85) Soil Leaves (77) Soil Grassy (19) Leaf Litter (17) Soil Mossy (12) Soil Needle (7) Dead Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (8) March (5) May (1) June (2) July (19) August (68) September (97) October (105) November (17)