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Inocybe asterospora Quél., Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. 26: 50 (1880) [1879]

Astrosporina asterospora (Quél.) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 210 (1922)

Habitat: On soil in woodland or parkland, associated with deciduous and coniferous trees.

Notes: Common and widespread, perhaps slightly less so in northern areas.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 62414; Scotland: K(M) 94423; Wales: NMW C92.24.10; NI: K(M) 81354; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 14556

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 322
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 243
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 323
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 3rd part: Cortinariaceae 5: 338 pp. (2000), p. 86, pl. 69

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