Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Pluteaceae
Species: Pluteus romellii (Britzelm.) Sacc.

Synonyms:

Agaricus nanus subsp. lutescens Agaricus nanus var. lutescens Agaricus romellii Pluteus lutescens Pluteus nanus var. lutescens Pluteus pallescens Pluteus splendidus Tarian Goes Felen

Common Name:

Goldleaf Shield

Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Quercus (6) Fagus sylvatica (2) Bryopsida (1) Corylus avellana (1) Quercus robur (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (8) Woodland (5) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3) Parkland and scattered trees (3) Woodland and scrub (3) Woodland: mixed (3) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Built up area, domestic (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (3) Dead Wood (2) Fallen Wood (2) Rotting Wood (2) Stump (2) Dead Branch (1) Twig (1) Wood (1) Wood, fallen, dead (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: May (2) August (3) September (2) October (13)