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Mycena polygramma (Bull.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 619 (1821)

Agaricus polygrammus Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 9: tab. 395 (1789)
Mycena polygramma f. candida J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 1(no. 5): 23 (1914)
Mycena polygramma f. pumila J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 1(no. 5): 23 (1914)

Habitat: On decayed wood of deciduous trees and shrubs, often on old stumps of Corylus. Also known on Betula, Fagus and Quercus spp. Reported on conifers such as Picea spp., but these hosts are unverified.

Notes: Common and widespread.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 41755; Scotland: K(M) 104389; NI: K(M) 82999; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 24892

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 70
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 286, pl. 355
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 168
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 185
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 227
I:, in Sowerby, J., Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms Vol.2 2: 48 pp. [pl. 121-240] (1798), as Agaricus polygrammus, pl. 222
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 3 3: 634 pp. (2001), p. 419

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