Collybia butyracea var. butyracea

Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Collybia butyracea var. butyracea (Bull.:Fr.) Kummer

Synonyms:

Common Name:

Butter Cap




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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (30) Larix (18) Quercus (16) Corylus avellana (11) Picea abies (4) Picea sitchensis (4) Pinus (4) Pseudotsuga menziesii (4) Betula pendula (3) Pinus sylvestris (3) Beech (2) Betula (2) Betula pubescens (2) Larix decidua (2) Quercus petraea (2) Abies alba (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Alnus glutinosa (1) Calluna vulgaris (1) Hazel (1) Pinus contorta (1) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Salix (1) Tsuga heterophylla (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: mixed (29) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (18) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (15) Woodland: broadleaved (14) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (13) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Parkland and scattered trees (7) Woodland: mixed, plantation (6) Built up area, domestic (5) Woodland (5) Acid grassland (4) Acid grassland: semi-improved (3) Woodland: coniferous (3) Woodland: plantation (3) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (2) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2) Scrub (2) Acid grassland: unimproved (1) Bare ground (1) Calcareous grassland: semi-improved (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Grassland: improved/reseeded, lowland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Recently felled woodland (1) Rowan-birch woods (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, coppice (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Leaves (71) Soil (49) Soil Needle (23) Soil Grassy (19) Soil Mossy (6) Soil bare (1)
Months recorded in & number of records: January (5) February (2) June (1) July (7) August (6) September (26) October (106) November (91) December (11)