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Collybia cirrhata (Schumach.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard Sér. 2 5: 96 (1872)

Agaricus amanitae Batsch, Elench. fung. Cont. prima (Halle): 109 (1786)
Agaricus amanitae subsp. cirrhatus Pers., Observ. mycol. (Copenhagen) 2: 53 (1800) [1799]
Sclerotium truncorum (Tode) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 2(1): 252 (1822)

Habitat: On the mummified or decayed remains of fungal basidiomes. Known on polypores such as Ganoderma australe and Meripilus giganteus and agarics such as Lactarius, Pholiota and Russula spp.

Notes: Occasional but widespread.

Distribution: E: o, S: o, W: o, NI: !, ROI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 18239; Scotland: K(M) 86642; Wales: K(M) 86637; NI: K(M) 86638

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 182, pl. 201
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Collybia amanitae, p. 217
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), as Collybia amanitae, p. 108
D+I: A Monograph of Marasmius, Collybia and related genera in Europe : Part 2, in Antonin, V. & Noordeloos, M.E., Libri Botanici Collybia, Gymnopus, Rhodocollybia, Crinipellis, Chaetocalathus and additions to Marasmiellus 17: 256 pp. (1997), p. 15-18, pl. 2

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