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Tricholoma portentosum (Fr.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard Sér. 2 5: 338 (1873)

Agaricus portentosus Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 39 (1821)

Habitat: On acidic soil, associated with Pinus sylvestris.

Notes: Occasional in Scotland but may be locally common in Caledonian pinewoods. Rarely reported in England, and a single report, unsubstantiated with voucher material, from Northern Ireland.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 16618; Scotland: K(M) 27724

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 35
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 334, pl. 428
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 191
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 157
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 191
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. 116-117
D+I:, in Riva, A., Fungi Europaei 3: Tricholoma (Fr.) Staude 3: 618 pp. (1988), p. 321-323, pl. 47 [p.521]
D+I:, in Galli, R., Le Amanite: 216 pp. (2001), p. 176-179
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 3 3: 634 pp. (2001), p. 563

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