Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Psathyrellaceae
Species: Psathyrella ammophila (Durieu & Lév.) P.D. Orton

Synonyms:

Agaricus ammophilus Coesyn Brau Moresg Deconica ammophila Drosophila ammophila Psilocybe ammophila

Common Name:

Dune Brittlestem

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In fore dunes on bare sand

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Ammophila arenaria (4)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Sand-dune: open dune (2) Ammophila arenaria mobile dune community (1) Coastland: fore dunes (1) Festuca rubra-Galium verum fixed dune grassland (1) Sand-dune (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Bare sand (1) Sand (1) Soil (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: May (3) June (1) August (1) September (1) October (1)