BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Collybia dryophila (Bull.) P. Kumm., 1871 (Russet Toughshank)
| Notes (MWS) | A very common woodland toadstool with an orange-ochre to yellowish-cream cap. A litter decomposer, it typically grows from a patch of bleached leaves. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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| Collybia dryophila | Fruitbody | 14 October 1997 | Berks | England | 12 | |
| Collybia dryophila | Fruitbody | 14 June 1980 | West Sussex | England | 3 |
Suggested Literature
Collybia dryophila may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Collybia dryophila is associated with:
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fruitbody | Calluna vulgaris - Heather (Ericaceae) | fruitbody is saprobic on decaying litter | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
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fruitbody | Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees | fruitbody is saprobic on decaying litter | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | |
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fruitbody | Pinopsida - conifers | fruitbody is saprobic on decaying litter | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | |
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fruitbody | Sphagnum - bog mosses (Sphagnales: Sphagnaceae) | fruitbody is associated with |
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
Associated with Collybia dryophila:
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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) | Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Watling, R. & Munro, I., 1990 |
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| stipe (live) | live stipe is galled by basidiome | Syzygospora tumefaciens - a jelly fungus (Tremellales: Syzygosporaceae) | Watling, R. & Munro, I., 1990 |
Collybia dryophila 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 |
| Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 | Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota |
| Watling, R. & Munro, I., 1990 | Profiles of Fungi 26: Syzygospora tumefaciens (Ginns & Sunhede) Ginns |
