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Mycena sanguinolenta (Alb. & Schwein.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 108 (1871)

Agaricus sanguinolentus Alb. & Schwein., Consp. fung. (Leipzig): 196 (1805)
Agaricus cruentus Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 149 (1821)
Mycena cruenta (Fr.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard Sér. 2 5: 107 (1872)

Habitat: On fallen wood, often moss-covered brash, and on the ground amongst needle litter of conifers such as Larix, Picea and Pinus spp. Also attached to stems of Calluna.

Notes: Apparently common and widespread but rarely collected, with few voucher specimens in herbaria. The majority of records and collections are from Scotland.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 103038; Scotland: K(M) 14951; Wales: K(M) 104521

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 70-71
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 292, pl. 364
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 155
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 181
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 229
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 3 3: 634 pp. (2001), p. 440

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