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Mycena epipterygia (Scop.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 619 (1821)

Agaricus epipterygius Scop., Fl. carniol. Edn 2 (Vienna) 2: 455 (1772)
Agaricus flavipes Sibth., Hymenomyc. Südbayern VIII. teil: 365 (1794)
Agaricus nutans Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 1: tab. 92 (1797)
Agaricus citrinellus Pers., Icon. Desc. Fung. Min. Cognit. (Leipzig) 2: 44 (1800)
Mycena epipterygia β nutans (Sowerby) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 620 (1821)
Mycena flavipes (Sibth.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 619 (1821)
Agaricus plicatocrenatus Fr., Monogr. Hymenomyc. Suec. 2: 294 (1863)
Mycena citrinella (Pers.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 109 (1871)
Mycena citrinella var. candida (Weinm.) Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 258 (1876) [1878]
Mycena plicatocrenata (Fr.) Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 257 (1876) [1878]
Mycena viscosa Secr. ex Maire, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 26: 162 (1910)
Mycena splendidipes Peck, Ann. Rep. N.Y. St. Mus. 66: 28 (1913) [1914]
Mycena epipterygia var. viscosa (Secr. ex Maire) Ricken, Die Blätterpilze: 419 (1915)
Mycena epipterygia var. lignicola A.H. Sm., North Amer. Species of Mycena: 428 (1947)
Mycena epipterygia var. badiceps M. Lange, Meddr Grønland Biosc. 147: 49 (1955)
Mycena epipterygia var. rubescens L. Rémy, Bull. trimest. Soc. mycol. Fr. 80: 498 (1965) [1964]
Mycena epipterygia var. splendidipes (Peck) Maas Geest., Proc. K. Ned. Akad. Wet. Ser. C, Biol. Med. Sci. 92(1): 105 (1989)

Habitat: On acidic soil, needle litter, small woody fragments such as fallen twigs, sticks and brash, and decayed debris of Pteridium on heathland, in woodland and plantations and occasionally in grassland.

Notes: Common and widespread. A variable species.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 103075; Scotland: K(M) 7966; Wales: K(M) 90202; NI: K(M) 82944; ROI: K(M) 103574; Other: Isle of Man: K(M) 103542

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Mycena viscosa, p. 74
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), as Mycena epipterygia var. epipterygia, p. 268, pl. 329
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), as Mycena epipterygia var. lignicola, p. 268, pl. 330
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), as Mycena epipterygia var. splendidipes, p. 270, pl. 332
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 154
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), as Mycena epipterygia var. viscosa, p. 153
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 183
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), as Mycena viscosa, p. 183
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 229
D:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Mycena viscosa, p. 229

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