Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Coprinaceae
Species: Lacrymaria lacrymabunda (Bull.) Pat.
Synonyms: Agaricus lacrymabundus
Agaricus velutinus
Hypholoma lacrymabundum
Hypholoma velutinum
Lacrymaria lacrymabunda f. gracillima
Lacrymaria velutina
Lacrymaria velutina f. gracillima
Psathyrella lacrymabunda
Psathyrella velutina
Psilocybe areolata
Common Name: Weeping Widow
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Lacrymaria lacrymabundaPhotographer: © Stuart Dunlop
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (5)
Poa (3)
Betula (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (9)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (7)
Woodland: mixed (7)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (6)
Woodland: broadleaved (4)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (4)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (3)
Acid grassland (2)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Built-up areas (2)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Bare ground (1)
Boundaries: intact hedge (1)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Improved grassland (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (21)
Soil (8)
Soil Leaves (4)
Soil bare (1)
Stump (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
June (2)
July (3)
August (6)
September (19)
October (36)
November (6)