Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Agaricus urinascens var. urinascens (Jul. Schäff. & F.H. Møller) Singer
Synonyms: Agaricus albertii
Agaricus macrosporus
Agaricus stramineus
Agaricus urinascens
Psalliota arvensis subsp. macrospora
Psalliota macrospora
Psalliota straminea
Psalliota urinascens
Common Name: Macro Mushroom


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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Pinus sylvestris (2)
Poaceae (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Built up area, domestic (3)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Scrub (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (5)
Soil (3)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
July (1)
August (3)
September (1)
October (6)
November (4)