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Clitopilus prunulus (Scop.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 96 (1871)

Agaricus prunulus Scop., Fl. carniol. Edn 2 (Vienna) 2: 437 (1772)
Agaricus orcella Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 13: tab. 591 (1793)
Pleuropus orcellus (Bull.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 615 (1821)
Clitopilus orcella (Bull.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 97 (1871)
Paxillopsis prunulus (Scop.) J.E. Lange, Fl. Agaric. Danic. 5(Taxon. Consp.): Vl (1940)

Habitat: On soil, often amongst grass in open deciduous woodland, occasionally reported with conifers.

Notes: Common and widespread.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 27580; Scotland: K(M) 105371; ROI: K(M) 9291

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. 50, pl. 2
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 112-113
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 341
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 189
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 303
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 1: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Entolomataceae, (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 1: 182 pp. (1988), p. 82-83

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