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Psathyrella candolleana (Fr.) G. Bertrand, in Maire & Werner, Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc. 45: 112 (1937)

Agaricus appendiculatus Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 9: tab. 392 (1789)
Agaricus candolleanus Fr., Observ. mycol. (Leipzig) 2: 182 (1818)
Agaricus egenulus Berk. & Broome, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. Ser. 3 [Notices of British Fungi No. 915] 7: 375 (1861)
Hypholoma appendiculatum (Bull.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard Sér. 2 5: 146 (1872)
Hypholoma candolleanum (Fr.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard Sér. 2 5: 146 (1872)
Agaricus felinus Pass., Nuovo G. bot. ital. 4: 82 (1872)
Agaricus catarius Fr., Hymenomyc. Eur. (Uppsala): 296 (1874)
Agaricus appendiculatus var. lanatus Berk. & Broome, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. Ser. 5 [Notices of British Fungi No. 1876] 7: 127 (1881)
Psathyrella corrugis var. vinosa (Corda) Cooke, Illustrations of British Fungi (Hymenomycetes) (London) 4: 612 (1885)
Drosophila candolleana (Fr.) Quél., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 115 (1886)
Hypholoma felinum (Pass.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 1040 (1887)
Hypholoma egenulum (Berk. & Broome) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 1040 (1887)
Hypholoma catarium (Fr.) Massee, Brit. Fung.-Fl. (London) 1: 393 (1892)
Psathyra corrugis var. vinosa (Corda) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 414 (1922)
Psathyrella appendiculata (Bull.) Maire, in Maire & Werner, Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc. 45: 112 (1937)
Psathyrella egenula (Berk. & Broome) M.M. Moser, Kl. Krypt.-Fl. Edn 1 (Stuttgart): 206 (1953)
Psathyrella microlepidota P.D. Orton, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 43(2): 375 (1960)

Habitat: On soil and decayed wood in deciduous woodland, also amongst grass on lawns and on mud or decayed grass debris by dried-out pools or ponds.

Notes: Very common and widespread. A cosmopolitan species, variable macroscopically as reflected in the large number of synonyms [see van Waveren in TBMS 75:429-437 (1980)].

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 27898; Scotland: K(M) 70302; Wales: K(M) 70295; ROI: K(M) 9144

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. 264, pl. 322
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 172-173
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 244
D+I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 268
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 268

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