Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae
Species: Melanoleuca cognata (Fr.) Konrad & Maubl.
Synonyms: Agaricus arcuatus var. cognatus
Tricholoma arcuatum
Tricholoma arcuatum f. robusta
Tricholoma cognatum
Common Name: Spring Cavalier
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Melanoleuca cognata

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Pinus (4)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Poa (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Built up area, domestic (2)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Scrub (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Other habitat (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Leaves (5)
Soil bare (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Wood (1)
Wood Chips (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
March (1)
April (3)
May (1)
October (8)