BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Rickenella fibula (Bull.) Raithelh., 1973 (Orange Mosscap)
Further Information
| Notes (MWS) | This small toadstool is bright vermillion fading to whitish. All the surfaces are covered with cystidia so that it appears entirely furry under a strong lens. It is very common everywhere, usually in moss in both grassland and woodland. | |
| British records | 2781 | Cooper, J. & Kirk, P.M. |
Sets of Photographs
These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.
| Taxon | Summary |  |
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Date | Vice-county | Country |
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| Rickenella fibula | Fruitbody | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4 Oct 1984 | East Gloucestershire | England |
| Rickenella fibula | Fruitbody | 3 | 3 | 16 Oct 1976 | Surrey | England | |
| Rickenella fibula | Fruitbody | 2 | 2 | 16 Oct 1976 | Surrey | England | |
| Rickenella fibula | Fruitbody | 1 | 1 | 26 Sep 1975 | Mid-west Yorkshire | England |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Antonín V. & Noordeloos M.E., 2004 | A Monograph of the genera Hemimycena, Delicatula, Fayodia, Gamundia, Myxomphalia, Resinomycena, Rickenella and Xeromphalina (Tribus Myceneae sensu Singer, Mycena excluded) in Europe |
| Kuyper, T.W., 1995 | Rickenella Raithelhuber in Metrodiana 4: 67. 173 |
| Weightman, J., 2006 (Colour photograph) | Small Mycenas et al. - Spare them a second glance |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 2 general literature references to Rickenella fibula (Orange Mosscap)
Rickenella fibula may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
FUNGI SS. (true fungi) |
BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers) |
BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes) |
| Fungi sl. |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 1 feeding and other relationships of Rickenella fibula (Orange Mosscap)
