Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Chlorophyllum rhacodes (Vittad.) Vellinga

Synonyms:

Agaricus procerus Agaricus rachodes Agaricus rhacodes Chlorophyllum rachodes Lepiota procera var. rachodes Lepiota procera var. rhacodes Lepiota rachodes Lepiota rachodes var. rachodes Lepiota rhacodes Lepiota rhacodes var. rhacodes Leucocoprinus rhacodes Macrolepiota rachodes Macrolepiota rachodes var. rachodes Macrolepiota rhacodes Macrolepiota rhacodes var. rhacodes Parasol Cennog

Common Name:

Shaggy Parasol

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (8) Pinus (5) Picea sitchensis (4) Quercus (3) Cupressus macrocarpa (2) Pinaceae (2) Picea (2) Corylus avellana (2) Crataegus monogyna (2) Salix (1) Acanthaceae (1) Urtica dioica (1) Larix (1) Sambucus nigra (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Alnus (1) Betula (1) Cedrus libani (1) Picea abies (1) Poa (1) Taxus baccata (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (10) Woodland and scrub (7) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (6) Woodland: mixed (6) Parkland and scattered trees (5) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4) Woodland: broadleaved (4) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (4) Woodland (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation (3) Built up area, domestic (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Woodland: plantation (2) Acid grassland (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Boundaries: earth bank (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1) Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (1) Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Improved grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Other artificial habitats (1) Poor semi-improved (1) Scrub: dense/continuous (1) Valley alderwoods on neutral-alkaline soils (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (45) Soil Grassy (16) Soil Needle (7) Soil Leaves (6) Soil Mossy (3) Leaf Litter (2) Compost Heap (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (5) March (2) June (2) July (2) August (10) September (31) October (51) November (22) December (1)