Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Chromocyphellaceae
Species: Chromocyphella muscicola (Fr.) Donk
Synonyms: Chromocyphella galeata
Cyphella fuscospora
Cyphella galeata
Cyphella muscicola
Merulius galeatus
Moss Ear
Phaeocyphella fuscospora
Phaeocyphella galeata
Phaeocyphella muscicola
Common Name: Moss Ear


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Chromocyphella muscicolaPhotographer: © Chris Stretch
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Bryophyta (2)
Musci (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Boundaries: hedge with trees (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Moss (3)
Fallen Branch (1)
Mossy Bark (1)
Mossy Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
March (1)
April (1)
August (1)
September (1)
October (3)