Posted by Mark-uk on 27-01-2012 13:41
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rvanderweele wrote:
btw, interesing that Collin mentions that it is as variable as lutea. Sometimes I am quite convinced to have some other species than lutea in front of me, but then it is just a very dark variation or a very, very light one.
Hence the large number of synonyms.
The early spring specimens of
lutea seem to be very dark (with a few exceptions)
Keep looking Janet -
bifurcata in not uncommon.
tristis is easy to find especially on damp beech leaf litter in the autumn.
meijerei &
nigrociliata are uncommon found near slow flowing shallow rivers.
scutellata in tussock grass.
Lonchoptera nigrociliata are rare.
Lutea are fairly cosmopolitan and will probably be the most common in all of the above habitats, so careful sorting is needed to spot the uncommon species.
Mark
Edited by Mark-uk on 27-01-2012 13:42