FungusStrophariaceae
Poplar Fieldcap
Cyclocybe cylindracea
- Habitat
- Dead and dying Poplar and Aspen wood in riparian and mixed woodland; also occasional on elder
- Substrate
- Saprotrophic/weakly parasitic, dead Populus wood
Ecological relationships
Grows on
Black PoplarPopulus nigraSaprotrophic and weakly parasitic on living and dead Black Poplar wood; strong host preference for Populus.
AspenPopulus tremulaAlso commonly found on Aspen stumps and standing deadwood.
ElderSambucus nigraOccasionally fruits on elder trunks, a recorded secondary host.