Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Rickenella fibula (Bull.) Raithelh.
Synonyms: Agaricus fibula
Gerronema fibula
Hemimycena fibula
Marasmiellus fibula
Mycena fibula
Omphalia fibula
Omphalia fibula var. candida
Omphalina fibula
Common Name: Orange Mosscap
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Rickenella fibula
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Poa (2)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Calluna vulgaris (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Acid grassland: semi-improved (5)
Parkland and scattered trees (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4)
Acid grassland (2)
Acid grassland: unimproved (2)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Scrub (2)
Small parks and city squares (2)
Woodland: mixed (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Bog (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Grassland: calcareous, lowland (1)
Grassland: neutral, unimproved, lowland (1)
Heathland: wet dwarf shrub heath, upland (1)
Heathland: wet heath/acid grassland mosaic, upland (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: unimproved (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (17)
Soil Mossy (17)
Soil (7)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
May (1)
July (1)
August (7)
September (12)
October (24)
November (13)