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Hypholoma subericaeum (Fr.) Kühner, Bull. trimest. Soc. mycol. Fr. 52: 27 (1936)

Psilocybe dichroa sensu Lange [Fl. Ag. Dan. 4: 82 & pl. 149B (1938)]
Agaricus subericaeus Fr., Mag. Gesell. naturf. Freunde, Berlin 2: 36 (1884)
Psilocybe subericaea (Fr.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 1045 (1887)
Hypholoma subericaeum f. verrucosum Kuhner, Bull. trimest. Soc. mycol. Fr. 52: 27 (1936)

Habitat: On base poor mud or 'black soil' around the edges of woodland pools, especially when partially dried out. Also known from marshes.

Notes: Occasional but apparently widespread. Specimens with pronounced marginal veil fragments have been called Psilocybe verrucosum (fide Watling in BFF5, but the combination in Psilocybe has not been traced) but fall within the variation of the species.

Distribution: E: o, S: o, W: o

Vouchers: England: K(M) 83693; Scotland: K(M) 7950; Wales: K(M) 83710

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 258
D:, in Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 5 Strophariaceae & Coprinaceae p.p.: Hypholoma, Melanotus, Psilocybe, Stropharia, Lacrymaria & Panaeolus 5: 121 pp. (1987), p. 21
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), as Psilocybe subericaea, p. 78
D+I: Profiles of Fungi - 72 Hypholoma subericaeum, in Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., Mycologist 9(4): 145-192 (1995), p. 157

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