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Agrocybe praecox (Pers.) Fayod, Annls Sci. Nat. Bot., sér. 7 9: 358 (1889)

Pholiota togularis sensu Gillet (1874)
Agaricus togularis Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 262 (1793)
Agaricus praecox Pers., Comm. (Göttingen): 89 (1800)
Agaricus gibberosus Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 163 (1838) [1836-1838]
Pholiota praecox (Pers.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 85 (1871)
Agrocybe gibberosa (Fr.) Fayod, Annls Sci. Nat. Bot., sér. 7 9: 358 (1889)
Togaria praecox (Pers.) W.G. Sm., Syn. Brit. Basidiomyc.: 124 (1908)

Habitat: On soil in grassy areas such as field margins, woodland edges, cleared areas in woodland, gardens, flowerbeds and parkland.

Notes: Common and widespread, at least in England, somewhat less so elsewhere. Morphologically variable and possibly a species complex. A. gibberosa, treated as distinct in BFF3, has been found to be largely interfertile.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 46060; Scotland: K(M) 97521; Wales: K(M) 97522; ROI: K(M) 97520

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. 292, pl. 366
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 2nd part: Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae 4: 368 pp. (1995), p. 294, pl. 368
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 168-169
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 270
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 263
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 361
D:, in Watling, R., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 3 Bolbitiaceae: Agrocybe, Bolbitiusand Conocybe 3: 138 pp. (1982), p. 13
D:, in Watling, R., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 3 Bolbitiaceae: Agrocybe, Bolbitiusand Conocybe 3: 138 pp. (1982), p. 15-17
D:, in Watling, R., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 3 Bolbitiaceae: Agrocybe, Bolbitiusand Conocybe 3: 138 pp. (1982), as Agrocybe gibberosa, p. 13-14

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