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Agaricus xanthodermus Genev., Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. 23: 28 (1876)

Psalliota flavescens Richon & Roze, Fl. champ. com. ven.: 42 (1885)
Psalliota xanthoderma (Genev.) Richon & Roze, Fl. champ. com. ven.: 53 (1885)
Agaricus xanthodermus var. lepiotoides Maire, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 24: LVIII (1908)
Psalliota xanthoderma var. lepiotoides (Maire) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 85 (1922)
Psalliota xanthoderma var. grisea A. Pearson, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 29(4): 204 (1946)
Agaricus xanthodermus var. griseus (A. Pearson) Bon & Cappelli, Docums Mycol. 13(no. 52): 16 (1983)

Habitat: On soil in deciduous woodland and amongst grass by roadsides, in cemeteries, gardens, parkland and on dunes.

Notes: Common in England, with numerous records and collections. Fewer records elsewhere but apparently widespread.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 31415; Scotland: E00159329; Wales: K(M) 106193

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 2nd part: Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae 4: 368 pp. (1995), p. 180, pl. 197
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 2nd part: Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae 4: 368 pp. (1995), p. 182, pl. 199
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 167
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 211
D+I:, in Capelli, A., Fungi Europaei 1: Agaricus 1: 560 pp. (1984), as Agaricus xanthoderma var. grisea, p. 504, pl. 60
D+I:, in Capelli, A., Fungi Europaei 1: Agaricus 1: 560 pp. (1984), as Agaricus xanthoderma var. xanthoderma, p. 502, pl. 59
I:, in Capelli, A., Fungi Europaei 1: Agaricus 1: 560 pp. (1984), as Agaricus xanthodermus var. lepiotoides, pl. 61
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 5: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands, (Ed.: M.E. Noordeloos, T.W. Kuyper & E.C. Vellinga) 5: 169 pp. (2001), p. 54-55

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Red Data List, Ing 1992) but only Agaricus xanthodermus var. lepiotoides was listed; removed from list (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)

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