Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Strophariaceae
Species: Deconica montana (Pers.) P.D. Orton
Synonyms: Agaricus montanus
Agaricus physaloides
Deconica atrorufa
Deconica physaloides
Pholiota montana
Psilocybe montana
Psilocybe montana var. montana
Psilocybe physaloides
Common Name: Mountain Brownie


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Deconica montanaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Bryopsida (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Montane heath/dwarf forb (1)
Wet heath/acid grassland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (1)
October (2)
December (1)