Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Strophariaceae
Species: Stropharia pseudocyanea (Desm.) Morgan
Synonyms: Agaricus albocyaneus
Agaricus preudocyaneus
Agaricus pseudocyaneus
Agaricus worthingtonii
Stropharia aeruginosa var. albocyanea
Stropharia albocyanea
Stropharia worthingtonii
Common Name: Peppery Roundhead


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Stropharia pseudocyaneaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Carex (2)
Musci (1)
Poaceae (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (6)
Acid grassland (5)
Calcareous grassland (4)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (3)
Grassland and marsh (3)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (1)
Small parks and city squares (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (17)
Soil (13)
Grass (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Soil sandy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
March (1)
September (4)
October (30)
November (44)