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 splendidus
Common Name: Goldleaf Shield


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Pluteus romellii

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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 (6)
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 (11)