Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Paralepista flaccida (Sowerby) Vizzini
Synonyms: Agaricus flaccidus
Agaricus flaccidus var. lobatus
Agaricus gilvus
Agaricus inversus
Agaricus lentiginosus
Agaricus lobatus
Agaricus splendens
Clitocybe flaccida
Clitocybe flaccida var. lobata
Clitocybe gilva
Clitocybe inversa
Clitocybe inversa var. flaccida
Clitocybe inversa var. lobata
Clitocybe splendens
Lepista flaccida
Lepista inversa
Lepista splendens
Omphalia lobata
Paralepista lentiginosa
Paralepista splendens
Common Name: Tawny Funnel


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Paralepista flaccidaPhotographer: © Stuart Dunlop
Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop

Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (22)
Quercus (7)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (4)
Pinus (3)
Larix (3)
Abies procera (2)
Taxus baccata (2)
Quercus petraea (2)
Betula (2)
Cupressus macrocarpa (2)
Ilex aquifolium (2)
Picea (2)
Tilia x vulgaris (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Pinaceae (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Acanthaceae (1)
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Coniferophyta (1)
Carex (1)
Bryophyta (1)
Picea sitchensis (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (15)
Woodland: mixed (11)
Woodland and scrub (10)
Woodland (9)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (7)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (7)
Woodland: broadleaved (5)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (5)
Parkland and scattered trees (4)
Marsh/marshy grassland (3)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Woodland: plantation (2)
Bog (1)
Boundaries: earth bank (1)
Boundaries: hedge with trees (1)
Grassland and marsh (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (41)
Soil Leaves (29)
Soil Needle (11)
Soil Grassy (8)
Leaf Litter (4)
Litter (3)
Soil Mossy (2)
Wood (1)
Wood Chips (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (11)
March (1)
July (1)
August (4)
September (18)
October (71)
November (36)
December (2)