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Panellus mitis (Pers.) Singer, Annls mycol. 34: 334 (1936)

Agaricus mitis Pers., Observ. mycol. (Copenhagen) 1: 54 (1796)
Pleurotus mitis (Pers.) Quél., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 481 (1801)

Habitat: On fallen wood of conifers such Larix, Picea and Pinus spp. Usually on brash or small fallen trunks and branches.

Notes: Occasional but widespread. Strictly confined to conifers, so records on deciduous wood are misdetermined.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 44252; Scotland: K(M) 88495

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 188-189
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 308, pl. 389
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 175
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 149
D:, in Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 6 Crepidotaceae, Pleurotaceae and other pleurotoid agarics 6: 157 pp. (1989), p. 59
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 3: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Tricholomataceae (2), (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 3: 183 pp. (1995), p. 169

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