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Hygrocybe conica (Schaeff.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 111 (1871)

Hygrophorus conicus var. nigrescens sensu auct.
Hygrocybe nigrescens sensu auct.
Hygrophorus nigrescens sensu auct.
Agaricus conicus Schaeff., Fung. bavar. palat. nasc. (Ratisbonae) 1: 2 (1762)
Agaricus tristis Pers., Observ. mycol. (Copenhagen) 2: 42 (1800) [1799]
Hygrophorus conicus (Schaeff.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 331 (1838) [1836-1838]
Hygrocybe pseudoconica J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 4(no. 4): 24 (1923)
Hygrophorus tristis (Pers.) Bres., Iconogr. mycol. (Paris) 7: 349 (1928)
Hygrocybe tristis (Pers.) F.H. Møller, Fungi Faeroes 1(1): 140 (1945)
Hygrophorus olivaceoniger P.D. Orton, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 43(2): 263 (1960)
Hygrocybe conica var. tristis (Pers.) Heinem., Bull. Jard. bot. Brux. 33: 432 (1963)
Hygrocybe olivaceonigra (P.D. Orton) M.M. Moser, Kl. Krypt.-Fl. Edn 3 (Stuttgart): 66 (1967)
Hygrophorus conicus var. olivaceoniger (P.D. Orton) Arnolds, Persoonia 8(1): 103 (1974)
Hygrocybe conica var. olivaceonigra (P.D. Orton) Arnolds, Taxon: 122 (1974)
Hygrophorus conicus var. chloroides Malençon, Champignon Supérieurs du Maroc 2: 496 (1975)
Hygrocybe conica var. chloroides (Malençon) Bon, Docums Mycol. 15(no. 59): 52 (1985)
Hygrocybe conica f. pseudoconica (J.E. Lange) Arnolds, Persoonia 12(4): 476 (1985)
Hygrocybe cinereifolia Courtec. & Priou, Docums Mycol. 22(no. 86): 69 (1992)

Habitat: On soil in unimproved grassland.

Notes: Common and widespread. Extremely variable in appearance hence the long synonymy. H. conica var. olivaceonigra, growing in sandy grassland near the sea, may prove distinct.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 54542; Scotland: K(M) 58636; Wales: K(M) 59979; NI: K(M) 82886; ROI: K(M) 62608

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 60-61
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Hygrocybe nigrescens, p. 60-61
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 106, pl. 85
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), as Hygrocybe conica var. conica, p. 78
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Hygrocybe cinereifolia, p. 157
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Hygrocybe conica var. chloroides, p. 157
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Hygrocybe pseudoconica, p. 157
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Hygrocybe tristis, p. 157
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), as Hygrocybe conica var. conica, p. 83-84
D+I:, in Boertmann, D., Fungi of Northern Europe: The genus Hygrocybe 1: 184 pp. (1995), as Hygrocybe conica var. conica, p. 158-159
D+I:, in Candusso, M., Fungi Europaei 6: Hygrophorus s.l. 6: 784 pp. (1997), as Hygrocybe conica var. chloroides, p. 414-416
D+I:, in Candusso, M., Fungi Europaei 6: Hygrophorus s.l. 6: 784 pp. (1997), as Hygrocybe conica var. conica, p. 404-411, pl. p.732
D:, in Candusso, M., Fungi Europaei 6: Hygrophorus s.l. 6: 784 pp. (1997), as Hygrocybe olivaceonigra, p. 416-417
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 3 3: 634 pp. (2001), p. 46

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