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Hygrocybe punicea (Fr.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 112 (1871)

Agaricus puniceus Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 104 (1821)
Hygrophorus puniceus (Fr.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Upsaliae): 331 (1838) [1836-1838]

Habitat: On soil, in unimproved grassland.

Notes: Occasional but widespread and may be locally common, especially in northern and western areas.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 81465; Scotland: K(M) 84232; Wales: K(M 59952; NI: K(M) 82694

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 62-63
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 114, pl. 99
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 85
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 107
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 159
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Pleurotaceae, Pluteaceae, and Tricholomataceae 1, (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 2: 137 pp. (1990), p. 101
D+I:, in Boertmann, D., Fungi of Northern Europe: The genus Hygrocybe 1: 184 pp. (1995), p. 128-129
D+I:, in Candusso, M., Fungi Europaei 6: Hygrophorus s.l. 6: 784 pp. (1997), p. 514-518, pl. p.749
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 3 3: 634 pp. (2001), p. 74

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