Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Melanophyllum eyrei (Massee) Singer
Synonyms: Chlorospora eyrei
Cystoderma eyrei
Glaucospora eyrei
Lepiota eyrei
Schulzeria eyrei
Common Name: Greenspored Dapperling
Provisional British Red Data List: Rare
Provisional European Red List: B - Steady decline, some national extinctions
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Melanophyllum eyreiPhotographer: © Stuart Dunlop
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Corylus avellana (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (2)
Soil Leaves (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
September (2)
October (2)