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Pluteus cervinus P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 99 (1871)

Agaricus cervinus Schaeff., Fung. bavar. palat. nasc. (Ratisbonae) 1: 6 (1762)
Agaricus pluteus Batsch, Elench. fung. (Halle): 79 (1783)
Agaricus pluteus β rigens Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 357 (1801)
Agaricus curtisii Berk. & Broome, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1: 98 (1849)
Agaricus cervinus var. eximius W. Saunders & W.G. Sm., Suom. Elain-ja Kasvit. Seuran Van. Tiedon. Pöytäkirjat: pl. 38 (1870)
Agaricus cervinus var. bullii Cooke, Handb. Brit. Fungi 2nd Edn: 115 (1886)
Pluteus cervinus var. rigens (Pers.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 665 (1887)
Pluteus curtisii (Berk. & Broome) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 675 (1887)
Pluteus eximius (W. Saunders & W.G. Sm.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 666 (1887)
Pluteus cervinus var. eximius (W. Saunders & W.G. Sm.) A. Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 20: 464 (1911)
Pluteus cervinus var. bullii (Cooke) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 56 (1922)
Pluteus bullii (Cooke) Rea, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 12(2-3): 208 (1927)

Habitat: On decayed wood of deciduous trees. Occasionally on conifers.

Notes: Very common and widespread. Collections on coniferous wood should be distinguished from P. pouzarianus and P. primus (the latter not yet British).

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 39919; Scotland: K(M) 93222; Wales: K(M) 93192; NI: K(M) 93225

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. 118, pl. 104
D:, in Orton, P.D., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 4 Pluteaceae: Pluteus & Volvariella 4: 98 pp. (1984), p. 19

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