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Lepiota oreadiformis Velen., České Houby 1: 215 (1920)

Agaricus clypeolarius var. pratensis Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris): tab. 105 (1789)
Lepiota clypeolaria var. pratensis (Bull.) Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 62 (1876) [1878]
Lepiota pratensis (Bull.) Bigeard & H. Guill., Fl. Champ. Supér. France (Chalon-sur-Saône) 1: 58 (1909)
Lepiota gracilis var. laevigata J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 2(no. 1): 52 (1915)
Lepiota laevigata (J.E. Lange) J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 4(no. 4): 47 (1923)

Habitat: On acidic or basic soil, in grassland.

Notes: Occasional in England. Rarely reported elsewhere but apparently widespread. Records from woodlands are dubious and unsubstantiated with voucher material.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 18736; Scotland: K(M) 100567; Wales: K(M) 27990

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. 204, pl. 232
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 27
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 219
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Lepiota laevigata, p. 243
D+I:, in Candusso, M. & Lanzoni, G., Fungi Europaei 4: Lepiota s.l. 4: 743 pp. (1990), p. 178-182, pl. 16a
D+I:, 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. 119-120

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