Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Tricholoma fulvum (DC.) Bigeard & H. Guill.

Synonyms:

Agaricus flavobrunneus Agaricus fulvus Agaricus nictitans Tricholoma flavobrunneum Tricholoma nictitans

Common Name:

Birch Knight

An ectomycorrhizal species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Betula (16) Betula pubescens (8) Corylus avellana (3) Betula pendula (3) Fagus sylvatica (1) Quercus petraea (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (13) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (13) Woodland: mixed (6) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4) Parkland and scattered trees (3) Woodland: broadleaved (3) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Bog: raised (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Woodland and scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (13) Soil Leaves (7) Soil Mossy (5) Soil Grassy (4) Leaf Litter (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (1) March (2) July (1) August (1) September (20) October (32) November (2)