Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Lyophyllaceae
Species: Lyophyllum decastes (Fr.) Singer
Synonyms: Agaricus aggregatus
Agaricus decastes
Agaricus molybdinus
Agaricus subdecastes
Clitocybe aggregata
Clitocybe aggregata forma reducta
Clitocybe decastes
Clitocybe molybdina
Clitocybe subdecastes
Lyophyllum aggregatum
Lyophyllum aggregatum subsp. typicum
Lyophyllum decastes subsp. typicum
Tricholoma aggregatum
Tricholoma molybdinum
Common Name: Clustered Domecap


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Lyophyllum decastes

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (6)
Picea sitchensis (1)
Tilia x vulgaris (1)
Quercus (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (4)
Woodland and scrub (4)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Woodland: mixed (2)
Bog: raised (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (11)
Soil Grassy (3)
Soil Leaves (2)
Compost Heap (1)
Wood Chips (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
March (3)
July (2)
August (3)
September (8)
October (14)
November (1)