Phylum: Ascomycota	Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales	Family: Lachnaceae
Species: Lachnum virgineum (Batsch) P. Karst.

Synonyms:

Crinipellis bicolor Dasyscyphus virgineus Lachnella bicolor Lachnella virginea Peziza virginea

Common Name:

Snowy Disco

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (8) Quercus (5) Ulex europaeus (4) Corylus avellana (3) Rubus fruticosus agg. (2) Prunus lusitanica (1) Quercus petraea (1) Pinopsida (1) Pinaceae (1) Picea sitchensis (1) Larix decidua (1) Larix (1) Betula pubescens (1) Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (12) Woodland (6) Woodland: broadleaved (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Woodland: mixed (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Bog: raised (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, upland (1) Heathland: dry, upland, including Lichen/Bryophyte and Monta (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Sand-dune: open dune (1) Wet valley alderwoods (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Branch (5) Cone (4) Twig (4) Wood (4) Dead Wood (3) Log (2) Stem (2) Stump (2) Wet Wood (2) Bark (1) Dead Attached Branch (1) Dead leaf (1) Fallen log (1) Fallen Stem (1) Fruitbody (1) Sawn Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (2) March (1) April (2) May (9) June (3) July (6) August (7) September (7) October (14) November (5) December (1)