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Hygrophorus eburneus (Bull.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Upsaliae): 321 (1838) [1836-1838]

Hygrophorus cossus sensu auct. p.p.
Gymnopus eburneus (Bull.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 610 (1821)

Habitat: On soil in deciduous woodland, usually associated with Fagus but also known with Quercus spp.

Notes: Occasional but widespread and may be locally common.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 41356; Scotland: K(M) 92873; NI: K(M) 83276

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 58-59
I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Hygrophorus cossus, p. 58
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 122, pl. 111
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 86
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 115
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 169
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 Hygrophorus eburneus var. eburneus, p. 118-119
D+I:, in Candusso, M., Fungi Europaei 6: Hygrophorus s.l. 6: 784 pp. (1997), p. 144-148, pl. p.696

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