Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Cortinariaceae
Species: Galerina hypnorum (Schrank) Kühner

Synonyms:

Agaricus hypnorum Galera calyptrospora Galera hypnorum Galerina calyptrospora Galerina hypnorum var. calyptrospora Galerina hypnorum var. hypnorum

Common Name:

Moss Bell

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Photographer: © Roy Anderson

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Bryophyta (2) Calluna vulgaris (1) Pinopsida (1) Poaceae (1) Bryopsida (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (2) Bog: raised (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Dry heath/acid grassland (1) Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1) Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, upland (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Scrub (1) Wet heath/acid grassland (1) Woodland (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Mossy (4) Moss (2) Soil Grassy (2) Log (1) Mossy bole (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (5) June (1) August (2) September (9) October (6) November (4)