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Bovista nigrescens Pers., in Roemer, Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 86 (1794)

Habitat: On soil, in grassland such as meadows, pasture, heathland and downland, in open grassy areas on dunes and in deciduous woodland. Rarely in cultivated fields and on old sewage beds.

Notes: Common and widespread. Tolerant of grassland fertilisation.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: o

Vouchers: England: K(M) 67107; Scotland: K(M) 80992; Wales: K(M) 80954; NI: K(M) 120077; ROI: K(M) 81009; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 80960

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 249
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 386, pl. 507
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 334
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Læssøe, T., & Spooner, B.M, British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: an account of the Gasteroid Fungi: 1-255 (1995), p. 138-139, pl. Figs 105/106

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