Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Dermoloma cuneifolium (Fr.) Singer ex Bon
Synonyms: Agaricus atrocinereus
Agaricus cinereorimosus
Agaricus cuneifolius
Agaricus cuneifolius f. cinereorimosus
Cap Craciog
Dermoloma cuneifolium var. cuneifolium
Dermoloma cuneifolium var. punctipes
Dermoloma fuscobrunneum
Tricholoma atrocinereum
Tricholoma cuneifolium
Tricholoma cuneifolium var. cinereorimosum
Common Name: Crazed Cap


A grassland indicator species
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Dermoloma cuneifoliumPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (4)
Carex (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (8)
Grassland and marsh (8)
Calcareous grassland (6)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (5)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (4)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4)
Scrub (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Acid grassland: unimproved (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Small parks and city squares (2)
Woodland (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Grassland: acidic, semi-improved, upland (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Nardus stricta-Galium saxatile grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (1)
Park lawns (1)
Sand-dune (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (28)
Soil Grassy (15)
Soil Mossy (4)
Mossy Wood (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
March (1)
August (1)
September (11)
October (61)
November (29)
December (1)