Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Strophariaceae
Species: Pholiota highlandensis (Peck) Quadr. & Lunghini

Synonyms:

Agaricus carbonarius Cap Cennog y Poethfel Dryophila carbonaria Flammula carbonaria Flammula carbonaria var. gigantea Flammula highlandensis Flammula spumosa subsp. carbonaria Pholiota carbonaria Pholiota carbonaria var. gigantea Pholiota highlandensis f. persicina Pholiota persicina

Common Name:

Bonfire Scalycap

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (1) Calluna (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Wet dwarf shrub heath (1) Woodland (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Burnt ground (1) Stump (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: September (4) November (1) December (1)