Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Inocybe petiginosa (Fr.) Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 521 (1874)

Agaricus petiginosus Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 259 (1821)
Hebeloma petiginosum (Fr.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 80 (1871)
Astrosporina petiginosa (Fr.) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 213 (1922)

Habitat: On soil in deciduous or mixed coniferous and deciduous woodland. Usually reported with Fagus but known also with other deciduous trees and rarely with conifers.

Notes: Occasional but widespread. Basidiomes are small and somewhat cryptically coloured.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 58941; Scotland: K(M) 97340; Wales: K(M) 27708; NI: K(M) 81294; ROI: K(M) 97345

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 154
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 324
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 243
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 321
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 3rd part: Cortinariaceae 5: 338 pp. (2000), p. 98, pl. 87

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