Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Mycenaceae
Species: Mycena epipterygia var. epipterygia (Scop.) Gray

Synonyms:

Agaricus citrinellus Agaricus citrinellus var. candidus Agaricus epipterygius Agaricus flavipes Agaricus nutans Agaricus plicatocrenatus Agaricus plicato-crenatus Mycena citrinella Mycena citrinella var. candida Mycena epipterygia Mycena epipterygia ß nutans Mycena epipterygia var. badiceps Mycena epipterygia var. lignicola Mycena epipterygia var. rubescens Mycena epipterygia var. splendidipes Mycena epipterygia var. viscosa Mycena plicatocrenata Mycena splendidipes Mycena viscosa

Common Name:

Yellowleg Bonnet

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Sphagnum papillosum (3) Sphagnum (2) Quercus (2) Picea (1) Picea abies (1) Poa (1) Polytrichum (1) Betula (1) Bryopsida (1) Quercus robur (1) Sphagnum capillifolium (1) Bryophyta (1) Corylus avellana (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (4) Mire: blanket bog (3) Acid grassland: semi-improved (2) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Scrub (2) Woodland: mixed (2) Acid grassland (1) Bog (1) Bog: raised (1) Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1) Grassland: acidic, upland (1) Montane heath/dwarf forb (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Woodland (1) Woodland: coniferous (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Mossy (9) Soil Grassy (7) Moss (4) Soil Leaves (4) Dead Wood (3) Soil (3) Log (2) Twig (2) Dead Branch (1) Leaf Litter (1) Mossy bole (1) Mossy Peat (1) Mossy Wood (1) Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (5) September (6) October (47) November (16)