Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Entolomataceae
Species: Clitopilus prunulus (Scop.) Fr.
Synonyms: Agaricus orcellus
Agaricus prunulus
Clitopilus orcella
Paxillopsis prunulus
Common Name: The Miller
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Clitopilus prunulusPhotographer: © Roy Anderson
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Poa (1)
Quercus (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Tilia (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (13)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8)
Parkland and scattered trees (6)
Built up area, domestic (5)
Woodland: mixed (4)
Sand-dune: dune grassland (3)
Scrub (3)
Woodland (3)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (2)
Coastland: grey dunes (2)
Festuca ovina - Agrostis capillaris-Thymus praecox grassland (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Woodland: plantation (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Festuca ovina-Agrostis capillaris-Galium saxatile grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Sand-dune: dune heath (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (1)
Soil bare (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Soil Needle (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
August (8)
September (31)
October (30)
November (14)
December (3)