Rickenella swartzii (Fr.) Kuyper
(Collared Mosscap)

Interactions where Rickenella swartzii is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with Restricted BRYOPSIDA mosses Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Rickenellaceae/Rickenella swartzii/Rickenella swartziicollared mosscapfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/BryopsidamossesSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap)
GenusRickenella (mosscap toadstools)
FamilyRICKENELLACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderHYMENOCHAETALES (an order of basidiomycete fungi)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
AntonĂ­n, 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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Holden, L. 2006 Guidelines for Field Mycologists - the practical interpretation of Section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 www.britmycolosoc.org.uk/files/DrugsAct2005_Guidelines.pdf
Stijve, T. & Kuyper, T.W. 1988 Absence of Psilocybin in species of fungi previously reported to contain Psilocybin and related Tryptamine derivatives Persoonia Vol 13, Part 4: 463-465.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Rickenella swartzii (Collared Mosscap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 32 images of 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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