Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Agaricus sylvaticus Schaeff.

Synonyms:

Agaricus haemarrhoidarius Agaricus haemorrhoidarius Agaricus sanguinarius Agaricus silvaticus Agaricus silvaticus subsp. haemorrhoidarius Agaricus silvaticus var. pallens Agaricus silvaticus var. pallidus Agaricus sylvaticus var. pallens Agaricus sylvaticus var. pallidus Agaricus vinosobrunneus Madarch Gwridog y Coed Psalliota haemorrhoidaria Psalliota sanguinaria Psalliota silvatica Psalliota silvatica var. pallida Psalliota sylvatica Psalliota sylvatica var. pallida

Common Name:

Blushing Wood Mushroom

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (9) Pinus (3) Quercus robur (1) Quercus petraea (1) Quercus (1) Picea sitchensis (1) Abies procera (1) Cedrus libani (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: mixed (4) Woodland: plantation (3) Acid grassland (2) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (2) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Parkland and scattered trees (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Woodland (2) Woodland and scrub (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2) Built up area, domestic (1) Neutral grassland (1) Sand-dune: open dune (1) Scrub (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (12) Soil Grassy (6) Soil Mossy (4) Soil Needle (4) Soil Leaves (3) Soil sandy (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (1) March (4) August (2) September (12) October (23) November (8)