Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Physalacriaceae
Species: Mucidula mucida (Schrad.) Pat.
Synonyms: Agaricus mucidus
Armillaria mucida
Cap Porslen
Oudemansiella mucida
Common Name: Porcelain Fungus


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Mucidula mucidaPhotographer: © Ronnie Irvine
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (104)
Acer pseudoplatanus (4)
Quercus petraea (1)
Quercus (1)
Fagus sylvatica subsp. purpurea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (22)
Woodland: mixed (14)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (13)
Woodland (10)
Parkland and scattered trees (9)
Woodland: broadleaved (7)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (7)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (5)
Built up area, domestic (4)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (3)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Scrub (1)
Wet ash-wych elm woods: Heavy soil forms (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Tree (53)
Wood (16)
Branch (6)
Dead Wood (6)
Fallen Tree (5)
Fallen Branch (2)
Fallen log (2)
Fallen Twig (2)
Leaf Litter (2)
Log (2)
Rotting Wood (2)
Soil (2)
Stump (2)
Dead Attached Branch (1)
Dead Branch (1)
Living tree (1)
Semi-fallen trunk (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Standing Dead Tree (1)
Stem (1)
Trunk, live (1)
Twig (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (6)
February (1)
March (5)
July (3)
August (14)
September (52)
October (91)
November (12)
December (1)