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Mycena meliigena (Berk. & Cooke) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 302 (1887)

Mycena corticola sensu Dennis, Orton & Hora [TBMS 43(Suppl.), 1960], sensu auct. mult.
Agaricus meliigena Berk. & Cooke, Grevillea 6(no. 40): 129 (1878)

Habitat: On bark of living deciduous trees, often amongst mosses.

Notes: Rarely reported and even less often collected. Known from England (Surrey) and Scotland (Perthshire). Reported elsewhere and from Northern Ireland but records are unsubstantiated with voucher material.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, NI: ?

Vouchers: England: K(M) 28416

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 280, pl. 348
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 161
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 223

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