Rickenella swartzii (Fr.) Kuyper
(Collared Mosscap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap)
Genus	Rickenella (mosscap toadstools)
Family	RICKENELLACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	HYMENOCHAETALES (an order of basidiomycete fungi)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Rickenella swartzii is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap) :
1: Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap)
27 Oct 2015	OSGR: SZ19	50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W	Vice County: South Hants (VC 11)	England
cluster of 4 fruitbodies in grassland on traffic island

2: Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap)
30 Sep 1998	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
in grass

3: Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap)
16 Oct 1976	OSGR: SU94	51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W	Vice County: Surrey (VC 17)	England


4: Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap)
9 Nov 1975	OSGR: TQ13	51° 10’ N, 0° 20’ W	Vice County: Surrey (VC 17)	England

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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	279pp, IHW-Verlag
	Kuyper, T.W.		Rickenella Raithelhuber in Metrodiana 4: 67. 173	Bas, C. & Kuyper, T.W. Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouz. (continuation), 8pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 3

Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYMENOCHAETALES
(an order of basidiomycete fungi)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap)

This small toadstool is pale greyish brown, darkening to almost violet at the stipe apex and centre of the cap. All the surfaces are covered with cystidia so that it appears entirely furry under a strong lens. It is very common, usually in moss, in grassland.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Rickenella swartzii is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)