Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Hyaloscyphaceae
Species: Lachnum virgineum (Batsch) P. Karst.
Synonyms: Dasyscyphus virgineus
Lachnella bicolor
Lachnella virginea
Common Name: Snowy Disco
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Lachnum virgineumPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Betula pubescens (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Picea sitchensis (1)
Prunus lusitanica (1)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Rubus fruticosus agg. (1)
Ulex europaeus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Built up area, domestic (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, upland (1)
Heathland: dry, upland, including Lichen/Bryophyte and Monta (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Wet valley alderwoods (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Cupule (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Fallen log (1)
Fruitbody (1)
Sawn Wood (1)
Wet Wood (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
March (1)
April (1)
May (4)
June (1)
July (4)
September (4)
October (10)
November (4)
December (1)