Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Strophariaceae
Species: Gymnopilus penetrans (Fr.) Murrill
Synonyms: Agaricus hybridus
Agaricus penetrans
Dryophila penetrans
Flammula hybrida
Flammula penetrans
Fulvidula hybrida
Common Name: Common Rustgill


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Gymnopilus penetransPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Picea (4)
Corylus avellana (3)
Pinus (3)
Salix (2)
Quercus (2)
Picea sitchensis (2)
Pinaceae (1)
Picea abies (1)
Larix decidua (1)
Larix (1)
Coniferophyta (1)
Betula (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (8)
Woodland (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Woodland and scrub (3)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Bog: raised (1)
Boundaries: intact hedges, species-poor (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Other artificial habitats (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Dead Wood (9)
Stump (9)
Wood (7)
Log (3)
Twig (3)
Fallen Tree (2)
Soil (2)
Buried Wood (1)
Dead Branch (1)
Dead coniferous wood (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Fallen log (1)
Leaf Litter (1)
Rotting Wood (1)
Trunk, fallen (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
July (1)
August (3)
September (9)
October (24)
November (7)
December (3)