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Crinipellis scabella (Alb. & Schwein.) Murrill, 1915 (Hairy Parachute)

Notes (MWS) A very small toadstool that grows on decaying grass culms, in dry grassland and dunes. It is occasional but widespread.
British records 253

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Crinipellis scabella Fruitbody 25 October 2006 Glam Wales 1 8
Crinipellis scabella Fruitbody 14 October 1998 South Hampshire England 4 1
Crinipellis scabella Fruitbody 8 October 1984 North Somerset England 5

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Antonín V. & Noordeloos M.E., 1997 A Monograph of Marasmius, Collybia and related genera in Europe.
Part II. Collybia, Gymnopus, Rhodocollyiba, Crinipellis, Chaetocalathus and additions to Marasmiellus
Noordeloos, M.E. Chapter in…

Crinipellis scabella may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
TRICHOLOMATACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Crinipellis scabella is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed culm UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Poaceae - grasses - formerly Graminae fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed stem UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Crinipellis scabella:

Crinipellis scabella 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

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