Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales Family: Rickenellaceae
Species: Rickenella fibula (Bull.) Raithelh.
Synonyms: Agaricus fibula
Agaricus nivalis
Gerronema fibula
Hemimycena fibula
Marasmiellus fibula
Micromphale fibula
Micromphale fibulare
Mycena fibula
Omphalia fibula
Omphalia fibula var. candida
Omphalia fibula var. nivalis
Omphalina fibula
Common Name: Orange Mosscap


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Rickenella fibulaPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Bryophyta (26)
Musci (3)
Bryopsida (2)
Poa (2)
Poaceae (1)
Picea sitchensis (1)
Calluna vulgaris (1)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (16)
Parkland and scattered trees (8)
Woodland (8)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (7)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (6)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (5)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (4)
Acid grassland: unimproved (2)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (2)
Scrub (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Woodland: mixed (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Bog (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1)
Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (1)
Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1)
Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, upland (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Moss (30)
Soil Mossy (19)
Soil Grassy (15)
Soil (12)
Stump (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (4)
May (2)
June (1)
July (1)
August (23)
September (30)
October (38)
November (14)