Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Melanophyllum haematospermum (Bull.) Kreisel

Synonyms:

Agaricus echinatus Agaricus haematophyllus Agaricus haematospermus Agaricus hookeri Cystoderma echinatum Inocybe echinata Lepiota echinata Lepiota haematosperma Melanophyllum canali Melanophyllum echinatum Pertyn Gwaetgoch Pratella echinata Psalliota echinata Psalliota haematosperma

Common Name:

Redspored Dapperling

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (3) Picea (2) Urtica dioica (1) Meles meles (1) Pinus sylvestris (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: mixed (3) Woodland (2) Woodland and scrub (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (6) Needles (1) Soil Grassy (1) Soil Needle (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: July (1) August (1) September (3) October (5) November (1)