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Leucopaxillus giganteus (Sibth.) Singer, Schweiz. Z. Pilzk. 17: 14 (1939) Agaricus giganteus Sibth., Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 1: tab. 244 (1799)
Clitocybe gigantea (Sibth.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard Sér. 2 5: 88 (1872)
Paxillus giganteus (Sibth.) Fr., Hymenomyc. Eur. (Uppsala): 401 (1874)
Aspropaxillus giganteus (Sibth.) Kühner & Maire, Bull. trimest. Soc. mycol. Fr. 50: 13 (1934)
Habitat: On soil in woodland and at woodland edges. Also amongst grass in gardens, parkland, and meadows.
Notes: Occasional but widespread.
Distribution: E: o, S: o, W: !, NI: o, ROI: !, Other: Channel Islands: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 42508; Scotland: K(M) 88337
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 45-46
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 135
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 163
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 207
D:, in Watling, R. & Turnbull. E., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 8 Cantharellaceae, Gomphaceae and Amyloid Spored and Xeruloid Members of Tricholomataceae (excl. Mycena) 8: 189 pp. (1998), p. 51
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 3: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Tricholomataceae (2), (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 3: 183 pp. (1995), p. 76-77
I:, in Sowerby, J., Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms Vol.3 3: 84 pp. [pl. 241-400] (1800), as Agaricus giganteus, pl. 244
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