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Laccaria amethystina Cooke, Grevillea 12(no. 63): 70 (1884) Agaricus amethysteus sensu auct.
Omphalia amethystea sensu auct.
Laccaria amethystea sensu auct.
Laccaria laccata var. amethystea sensu auct.
Agaricus amethystinus Huds., Fl. Angl. Edn 2 2: 612 (1778)
Agaricus lividopurpureus With., Bot. Arr. Brit. pl. Edn 2 3: 366 (1792)
Laccaria laccata var. amethystina (Cooke) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 290 (1922)
Habitat: On soil in deciduous woodland. Usually associated with Fagus but not uncommonly with Betula, Corylus and Quercus spp.
Notes: Very common and widespread. The epithet 'amethystea' is considered incorrect following Mueller & Vellinga in Mycotaxon 37: 385 (1990).
Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: !; Isle of Man: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 90027; Scotland: K(M) 91083; Other: Isle of Man: K(M) 91068
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Laccaria amethystea, p. 52-53
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), as Laccaria amethystea, p. 200, pl. 228
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 130
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 147
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), [colour very wierd], p. 187
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 3: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Tricholomataceae (2), (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 3: 183 pp. (1995), p. 102
I:, in Sowerby, J., Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms Vol.2 2: 48 pp. [pl. 121-240] (1798), as Agaricus amethystinus, pl. 187
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