Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Strophariaceae
Species: Naucoria escharioides (Fr.) P. Kumm.
Synonyms: Agaricus escharioides
Alnicola escharioides
Alnicola escharoides
Alnicola melinoides
Common Name: Ochre Aldercap


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Naucoria escharioidesPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Under Alder, Alnus glutinosa
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Alnus glutinosa (7)
Alnus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Woodland (2)
Woodland: mixed (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Scrub (1)
Swamp (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (6)
Soil Leaves (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
May (1)
September (4)
October (8)
November (1)