Carex | Carex sylvatica | Carex nigra | Carex lyngbyei | Carex leporina | Carex geyeri | Carex flacca | Carex echinata | The fungus forms ectomycorrhiza-like structures with the sedge ''Carex flacca | Luzula pallescens | Carex utriculata | Carex rossii | Carex pilulifera | Carex otrubae | Carex inops | Carex emoryi | ''Carex binervis'' in its typical habitat, growing among ''Calluna |
Many species are associated with V. orobus in Great Britain, including Alchemilla glabra, Carex pallescens, Genista anglica, Pseudorchis albida, Rhinanthus minor, Stachys officinalis and Viola lutea.