Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Melanoleuca melaleuca (Pers.) Murrill
Synonyms: Agaricus melaleucus
Melanoleuca graminicola
Melanoleuca melaleuca var. melaleuca
Melanoleuca vulgaris
Tricholoma melaleucum
Common Name:


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Melanoleuca melaleuca

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (2)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Carex (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (3)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (6)
Soil Grassy (4)
Soil Leaves (3)
Soil sandy (1)
Stump (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
May (1)
August (2)
September (6)
October (19)
November (13)