Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Strophariaceae
Species: Stropharia caerulea Kreisel
Synonyms: Agaricus politus
Pengrwn Glas
Stropharia cyanea
Common Name: Blue Roundhead


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Stropharia caeruleaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Carex (3)
Fagus sylvatica (3)
Pinus (2)
Quercus (2)
Poaceae (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (4)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1)
Sand-dune (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (8)
Soil Grassy (4)
Leaf Litter (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
September (2)
October (12)
November (5)