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Lepista nuda (Bull.) Cooke, Handb. Brit. Fungi: 192 (1871)

Tricholoma personatum sensu auct.
Agaricus nudus Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris): tab. 439 (1790)
Agaricus bulbosus Bolton, Hist. fung. Halifax Suppl. (Huddersfield): 147 (1791)
Cortinarius nudus (Bull.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 628 (1821)
Cortinarius bicolor (Pers.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 628 (1821)
Tricholoma nudum (Bull.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 132 (1871)
Tricholoma nudum var. majus (Cooke) Massee, Handb. Brit. Fungi 1: 41 (1871)
Agaricus nudus var. majus Cooke, Handb. Brit. Fungi 2nd Edn: 41 (1884)
Lepista nuda var. pruinosa (Bon) Bon, Bull. trimest. Féd. Mycol. Dauphiné-Savoie 23(no. 92): 18 (1984)

Habitat: On soil or decayed leaf litter in deciduous or conifer woodland, amongst grass in parkland and gardens, and on woodchips, compost heaps or piles of decayed grass clippings.

Notes: Very common and widespread. Fruiting throughout the year, and often well into the winter. Macroscopically variable, especially with regard to colour and several 'varieties' have been described.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 30728; Scotland: K(M) 89796; Wales: K(M) 19237

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 113
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 214, pl. 247
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 145
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 201
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. 72-73

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