Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Collybia confluens (Pers.) P. Kumm.
Synonyms: Agaricus archyropus
Agaricus ingratus
Collybia ingrata
Gymnopus confluens
Marasmius archyropus
Marasmius confluens
Marasmius hariolorum
Common Name: Clustered Toughshank
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Collybia confluensPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (44)
Corylus avellana (15)
Quercus (8)
Quercus petraea (6)
Beech (5)
Fraxinus excelsior (3)
Poa (3)
Larix (2)
Picea sitchensis (2)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Tilia (1)
Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (31)
Woodland: mixed (31)
Woodland: broadleaved (15)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (13)
Parkland and scattered trees (12)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (11)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (10)
Woodland (9)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (9)
Built up area, domestic (7)
Marsh/marshy grassland (3)
Scrub (3)
Boundaries: intact hedge (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2)
Bog (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Leaves (76)
Soil (36)
Soil Grassy (18)
Soil Mossy (13)
Soil Needle (6)
Dead Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
June (1)
July (17)
August (41)
September (66)
October (77)
November (16)