Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Pluteaceae
Species: Volvariella hypopithys (Fr.) Shaffer

Synonyms:

Agaricus hypopithys Agaricus pubescentipes Volvaria hypopithys Volvaria media var. biloba Volvaria parvula var. biloba Volvaria plumulosa Volvaria pubescentipes Volvaria pusilla var. biloba Volvariella pubescentipes

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Corylus avellana (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)

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

Months recorded in & number of records: August (1)