Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hydnangiaceae
Species: Laccaria laccata (Scop.) Fr.
Synonyms: Agaricus laccatus
Clitocybe laccata
Clitocybe laccata var. pallidifolia
Laccaria laccata var. pallidifolia
Laccaria scotica
Laccaria tetraspora var. scotica
Omphalia farinacea
Common Name: Deceiver
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (35)
Corylus avellana (25)
Quercus (18)
Betula (10)
Betula pubescens (8)
Picea abies (6)
Picea sitchensis (5)
Pinus contorta (5)
Quercus petraea (5)
Betula pendula (4)
Pinus (4)
Alnus glutinosa (3)
Calluna vulgaris (3)
Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (3)
Pinus sylvestris (2)
Salix (2)
Tilia (2)
Abies alba (1)
Beech (1)
Betula jacquemontii (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Larix decidua (1)
Poa (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)
Salix herbacea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (64)
Woodland: mixed (27)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (23)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (20)
Woodland: broadleaved (19)
Woodland (18)
Parkland and scattered trees (14)
Built up area, domestic (9)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (5)
Woodland: plantation (5)
Montane heath/dwarf forb (4)
Acid grassland (3)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (3)
Marsh/marshy grassland (3)
Scrub (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (2)
Bog (2)
Built-up areas (2)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (2)
Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (2)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Poor semi-improved (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
Fen (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Holcus lanatus-Juncus effusus rush-pasture (1)
Improved grassland (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Mire: blanket bog (1)
Mire: lowland raised bog (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Small parks and city squares (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (63)
Soil Leaves (56)
Soil Grassy (36)
Soil Mossy (29)
Soil Needle (13)
Soil bare (8)
Soil Peat (4)
Mossy Peat (3)
Dead Wood (1)
Mossy Bark (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
March (1)
July (11)
August (32)
September (91)
October (133)
November (36)
December (1)