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Lepiota cristata (Bolton) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 137 (1871)

Agaricus clypeolarius sensu Sowerby [Col. Fig. Engl. Fung. 1: pl. 14 (1796)]
Agaricus cristatus Bolton, Hist. fung. Halifax (Huddersfield) 1: 7 (1788)
Lepiota colubrina β cristata (Bolton) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 602 (1821)
Lepiota cristata var. felinoides Bon, Docums Mycol. 11(no. 43): 34 (1981)
Lepiota cristata var. pallidior Bon, Docums Mycol. 11(no. 43): 34 (1981)
Lepiota felinoides (Bon) P.D. Orton, Notes R. bot. Gdn Edinb. 41: 591 (1984)
Lepiota subfelinoides Bon & P.D. Orton, in Orton, Docums Mycol. 14(no. 56): 56 (1985) [1984]

Habitat: On soil in deciduous woodland, in scrub, gardens and on wasteground. Rarely reported with conifers.

Notes: Very common and widespread. Macroscopically variable, and several different varieties have been described.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: !; Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 100359; Scotland: K(M) 100367; Wales: K(M) 100358

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. 196, pl. 221
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 2nd part: Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae 4: 368 pp. (1995), p. 196, pl. 222
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 2nd part: Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae 4: 368 pp. (1995), as Lepiota cristata var. pallidior, p. 196, pl. 222
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 28-29
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 217
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 243
D+I:, in Candusso, M. & Lanzoni, G., Fungi Europaei 4: Lepiota s.l. 4: 743 pp. (1990), p. 205-210, pl. 20a,b,& c
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. 138
D+I: The British species of Lepiota : 1 : Section Stenosporae, in Tofts, R.J., Field Mycology 3(4): 114-119 (2002), p. 128, pl. p.134

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