BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Stropharia semiglobata (Batsch) Quél., 1872 (Dung Roundhead)
| Notes (MWS) | A widespread and very common species growing on the weathered dung of herbivores or dung-enriched soil on heathland, in pastures and woodland. Also in guano-enriched soil on clifftops. Small forms sometimes grow from individual rabbit pellets. |
| British records | 2833 |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stropharia semiglobata | Fruitbody | 18 August 1979 | West Sussex | England | 5 |
| Stropharia semiglobata | Fruitbody | 19 December 1970 | East Sussex | England | 2 |
Suggested Literature
General Works
| Guidelines for Field Mycologists - the practical interpretation of Section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005: http://www.britmycolosoc.org.uk/files/DrugsAct2005_Guidelines.pdf (Listed as containing Psilocin or its esters so classified as a Class A Drug.) | Guidelines for Field Mycologists - the practical interpretation of Section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 |
Stropharia semiglobata may also be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Stropharia semiglobata is associated with:
 |
fruitbody | Charadriiformes - plovers and sea birds | fruitbody is saprobic on soil-mixed guano | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on cliff tops] | |
|
fruitbody | Herbivores - Mammalian Herbivores | fruitbody is saprobic on soil-mixed dung | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | |
|
fruitbody | Herbivores - Mammalian Herbivores | fruitbody is saprobic on weathered dung | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
Associated with Stropharia semiglobata:
Stropharia semiglobata may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
|
MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools) |
References
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
