Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

Tricholoma equestre (L.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 130 (1871)

Agaricus equestris L., Sp. pl. 2: 1173 (1753)
Agaricus flavovirens Pers., in Hoffmann, Naturgetr. Abbild. Beschr. Schwämme (Prague) 3: tab. 24 (1793)
Agaricus auratus Paulet, Traité sur les Champignons Comestibles (Paris) 2: 137 (1793)
Tricholoma equestre (L.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 130 (1871) var. equestre
Tricholoma auratum (Paulet) Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 92 (1874)
Tricholoma flavovirens (Pers.) S. Lundell, in Lundell & Nannfeldt, Fungi Exsiccati Suecici 23-24: no. 1102 (1942)

Habitat: On acidic sandy soil with conifers and deciduous trees, often amongst mixtures of Pinus sylvestris, Betula and Quercus spp.

Notes: Occasional in native woodland in Scotland but rarely reported or collected in England.

Distribution: E: !, S: o

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