Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hygrophoraceae
Species: Chromosera xanthochroa (P.D. Orton) Vizzini & Ercole
Synonyms: Hygrocybe xanthochroa
Hygrophorus xanthochrous
Common Name:


A grassland indicator species
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Chromosera xanthochroaPhotographer: © Roy Anderson
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Calluna vulgaris (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (2)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Mossy (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
November (3)