Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Melanoleuca polioleuca (Fr.) Kühner & Maire

Synonyms:

Agaricus melaleucus ? polioleucus Melaleuca vulgaris Melanoleuca arcuata Melanoleuca polioleuca f. polioleuca Melanoleuca polioleuca forma polioleuca Melanoleuca vulgaris Tricholoma melaleucum var. polioleucum Tricholoma polioleucum

Common Name:

Common Cavalier

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (14) Poaceae (7) Betula (3) Carex (3) Corylus avellana (1) Musci (1) Picea (1) Quercus robur (1) Quercus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (18) Parkland and scattered trees (4) Woodland (3) Woodland: broadleaved (3) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3) Woodland: mixed (3) Built up area, domestic (2) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Bog: raised (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (28) Soil Grassy (5) Litter (3) Soil Leaves (3) Leaf Litter (2) Stump (2) Log (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: June (2) July (1) August (2) September (9) October (36) November (20)