BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Collybia butyracea (Bull.) P. Kumm. (1871) (Butter Cap)
| Notes (MWS) | The Butter Cap grows in the leaf litter of both deciduous and coniferous woodland. It is a very common toadstool throughout the British Isles. |
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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| Variety | Collybia butyracea var. asema (Fr.) Quél., 1888 (a butter cap) | 9 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Variety | Collybia butyracea var. butyracea (Bull.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Butter Cap) | 6 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
Suggested Literature
Collybia butyracea may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with Collybia butyracea:
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fruitbody | fruitbody is parasitised by sporangium | Spinellus fusiger - Bonnet Mould (Mucorales: Phycomycetaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | |
| lamellae (live) | live lamellae is galled by basidiome | Syzygospora tumefaciens - a jelly fungus (Tremellales: Syzygosporaceae) | Watling, R. & Munro, I., 1990 | ||
| pileus (live) | live pileus is galled by basidiome | Syzygospora tumefaciens - a jelly fungus (Tremellales: Syzygosporaceae) | Watling, R. & Munro, I., 1990 | ||
| stipe (live) | live stipe is galled by basidiome | Syzygospora tumefaciens - a jelly fungus (Tremellales: Syzygosporaceae) | Watling, R. & Munro, I., 1990 |
Collybia butyracea may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools) |
References
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook |
| Watling, R. & Munro, I., 1990 | Profiles of Fungi 26: Syzygospora tumefaciens (Ginns & Sunhede) Ginns |
