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Phaeolepiota aurea (Matt.) Konrad & Maubl., Icones selectae Fungorum 6 Texte general 6: 111 (1928)

Togaria caperata sensu Smith [Syn. Brit. Bas.: 122 (1908)]
Agaricus caperatus sensu Cooke [Ill. Brit. Fung. 375 (348) Vol. 3 (1885)]
Pholiota caperata sensu Kummer [Fuhr. Pilzk.: 84 (1871)]
Agaricus aureus Matt., Résult. Voy. Belgica, Lich.: 331 (1779)
Agaricus vahlii Schumach., Enum. pl. (Kjbenhavn) 2: 258 (1803)
Agaricus spectabilis Weinm., in Fries, Elench. fung. (Greifswald) 2: 28 (1824)
Pholiota spectabilis (Weinm.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 84 (1871)
Agaricus aureus var. herefordensis Renny, Handb. Brit. Fungi 2nd Edn: 140 (1883)
Agaricus aureus var. vahlii (Schumach.) Cooke, Handb. Brit. Fungi 2nd Edn: 140 (1886)
Pholiota aurea (Matt.) P. Kumm., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 736 (1887)
Pholiota aurea var. herefordensis (Renny) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 736 (1887)
Pholiota aurea var. vahlii (Schumach.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 736 (1887)
Lepiota pyrenaea Quél., Assoc. Fr. Avancem. Sci. 16: 1 (1887)
Togaria aurea (Matt.) W.G. Sm., Syn. Brit. Basidiomyc.: 122 (1908)
Togaria aurea var. vahlii (Schumach.) W.G. Sm., Syn. Brit. Basidiomyc.: 122 (1908)
Togaria aurea var. herefordensis (Renny) W.G. Sm., Syn. Brit. Basidiomyc.: 122 (1908)
Pholiota vahlii (Schumach.) J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 2(no. 11): 5 (1921)
Fulvidula spectabilis (Weinm.) Romagn., Revue Mycol. Paris 2(5): 191 (1937)
Gymnopilus spectabilis (Weinm.) A.H. Sm., Nov. holland. pl. spec.: 471 (1949)
Cystoderma aureum (Matt.) Kühner & Romagn., Fl. Analyt. Champ. Supér. (Paris): 393 (1953)

Habitat: On nitrogenous soil in parks, gardens, cemeteries, woodland, riverbanks and rarely in grassland.

Notes: Rarely reported but widespread. Excludes all British records of Gymnopilus spectabilis, these relating to G. junonius.

Distribution: E: o, S: !, W: !, NI: o

Vouchers: England: K(M) 91705; Scotland: K(M) 91707; Wales: K(M) 91701; NI: K(M) 82093

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 2nd part: Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae 4: 368 pp. (1995), p. 222, pl. 259

Conservation Status: Rare (Red Data List, Ing 1992); removed from list (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)

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