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Entoloma rhodopolium (Fr.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 98 (1871)

Entoloma speculum sensu Lange [Fl. Ag. Dan. 2: 96 & pl. 75B (1936)]
Agaricus rhodopolius Fr., Observ. mycol. (Leipzig) 2: 103 (1818)
Entoloma nidorosum (Fr.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard Sér. 2 5: 119 (1872)
Entoloma rhodopolium f. nidorosum (Fr.) Noordel., Beitr. Kenntn. Pilze Mitteleur. 5: 43 (1989)

Habitat: On soil in damp deciduous woodland.

Notes: Occasional but widespread throughout Britain. The forma nidorosum, often distinguished as an autonomous species, is also common, and distinguished only by the slightly nitrous smell of the basidiomes.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 67185; Scotland: K(M) 109002; NI: K(M) 84301

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 115
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Entoloma nidorosum, p. 115
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 354
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), as Entoloma nidorosum, p. 101-102
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 293
D+I:, in Noordeloos, M.E., Fungi Europaei 5: Entoloma s.l. 5: 760 pp. (1992), p. 141, pl. 10 & 11

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