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Pholiota lenta (Pers.) Singer, Lilloa 22: 516 (1951) [1949]

Hebeloma punctatum sensu Rea (1922)
Agaricus lentus Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 287 (1801)
Agaricus glutinosus Lindgr., Bot. Notiser: 199 (1845)
Flammula lenta (Pers.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 82 (1871)
Dryophila lenta (Pers.) Quél., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 70 (1886)
Hebeloma glutinosum (Lindgr.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 793 (1887)

Habitat: On soil or humus in coniferous and deciduous woodland.

Notes: Occasional but widespread, generally rather uncommon. A characteristic species with uniformly pale colours and slimy smooth pileus.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 25422

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. 334, pl. 429
D+I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 352
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 4: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Strophariaceae, Tricholomataceae (3), (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 4: 191 pp. (1999), p. 93
I:, in Lange, J.E., Flora Agaricina Danica 4: 119 pp. (1939), pl. 121 E

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