Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Physalacriaceae
Species: Hymenopellis radicata (Relhan) R.H. Petersen
Synonyms: Agaricus radicatus
Collybia radicans
Collybia radicata
Gymnopus radicatus
Mucidula radicata
Mucidula radicata forma marginata
Oudemansiella radicata
Oudemansiella radicata var. marginata
Xerula radicata
Xerula radicata var. alba
Xerula radicata var. marginata
Common Name: Rooting Shank


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Hymenopellis radicataPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (18)
Quercus petraea (3)
Quercus (2)
Betula pendula (1)
Fagus sylvatica subsp. purpurea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (9)
Woodland: mixed (5)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2)
Woodland: plantation (2)
Bog: raised (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (16)
Log (4)
Soil Grassy (4)
Wood (4)
Stump (3)
Dead Wood (1)
Root (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (5)
March (2)
June (1)
July (2)
August (15)
September (21)
October (10)
November (1)
December (1)