Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Hydnangiaceae
Species: Laccaria tortilis (Bolton) Cooke
Synonyms: Agaricus tortilis
Clitocybe tortilis
Laccaria laccata var. tortilis
Omphalina tortilis
Common Name: Twisted Deceiver
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Laccaria tortilis

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fraxinus excelsior (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (2)
Wet Soil (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (3)