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Pholiota adiposa (Batsch) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 84 (1871)

Agaricus adiposus Batsch, Elench. fung. Cont. prima (Halle): 147 (1786)
Dryophila adiposa (Batsch) Quél., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 68 (1886)

Habitat: On decayed wood of deciduous trees in old woodland. Usually on large decayed logs, fallen trunks or stumps of Fagus.

Notes: Apparently a rare species in the British Isles, although often reported and supposedly widespread. Many of the collections in herbaria are misidentified P. aurivella or P. jahnii.

Distribution: E: !, S: ?, NI: ?, ROI: ?

Vouchers: England: K(M) 64350

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 144
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 4: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Strophariaceae, Tricholomataceae (3), (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 4: 191 pp. (1999), p. 84

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