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Poplar Fieldcap
Ramiro Barreiro / CC BY-SA 3.0

Fungus · Strophariaceae

Poplar Fieldcap

Cyclocybe cylindracea

Facts

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 nigra

    Saprotrophic and weakly parasitic on living and dead Black Poplar wood; strong host preference for Populus.

  • AspenPopulus tremula

    Also commonly found on Aspen stumps and standing deadwood.

  • ElderSambucus nigra

    Occasionally fruits on elder trunks, a recorded secondary host.