Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales	Family: Rickenellaceae
Species: Rickenella fibula (Bull.) Raithelh.

Synonyms:

Agaricus fibula Agaricus nivalis Cap Mwsogl Oren 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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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Bryophyta (26) Musci (3) Poa (2) Bryopsida (2) Calluna vulgaris (1) Fagus sylvatica (1) Picea sitchensis (1) Poaceae (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (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 (25) September (32) October (43) November (15)