Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Bolbitiaceae
Species: Bolbitius vitellinus (Pers.) Fr.
Synonyms: Bolbitius boltonii
Bolbitius flavidus
Bolbitius grandiusculus
Common Name: Yellow Fieldcap
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Bolbitius vitellinusPhotographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Bos domestic (8)
Poa (3)
Calluna vulgaris (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (8)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (7)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (6)
Woodland: mixed (5)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (4)
Acid grassland (3)
Coastland: grey dunes (3)
Sand-dune (3)
Sand-dune: dune slack (3)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (3)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (2)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (2)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Boundaries: intact hedge (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (1)
Cultivated/disturbed land (1)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, unimproved, upland (1)
Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (1)
Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1)
Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, upland (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Other artificial habitats (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (45)
Soil (14)
Dung (11)
Soil Mossy (1)
Straw heap (1)
Wood Chips (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
April (1)
May (3)
June (1)
July (14)
August (12)
September (18)
October (49)
November (15)