Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Marasmiaceae
Species: Xerula radicata (Relhan) Fr.
Synonyms: Agaricus radicatus
Collybia radicata
Mucidula radicata
Mucidula radicata f. marginata
Oudemansiella radicata
Oudemansiella radicata var. marginata
Common Name: Rooting Shank
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Xerula radicata

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (8)
Quercus petraea (3)
Fagus sylvatica subsp. purpurea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (5)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (3)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (3)
Woodland: plantation (3)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (5)
Wood (4)
Soil (3)
Soil bare (3)
Stump (2)
Dead Wood (1)
Root (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
July (2)
August (5)
September (17)
October (11)
December (1)