Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales	Family: Gomphidiaceae
Species: Chroogomphus rutilus (Schaeff.) O.K. Mill.

Synonyms:

Agaricus gomphus Agaricus rutilus Chroogomphus britannicus Chroogomphus corallinus Chroogomphus rutilus var. corallinus Chroogomphus rutilus var. rutilus Cortinarius rutilus Gomphidius rutilus Gomphidius viscidus Gomphidius viscidus * testaceus Gomphidius viscidus forma giganteus Gomphidius viscidus var. testaceus

Common Name:

Copper Spike

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Pinus sylvestris (10) Pinus (6) Fagus sylvatica (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (3) Woodland: mixed (3) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Woodland and scrub (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation (2) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (10) Soil Grassy (5) Wood (2)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (3) August (4) September (13) October (11) November (1)