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Hygrophorus agathosmus (Fr.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 325 (1838) [1836-1838]

Agaricus agathosmus Fr., Observ. mycol. (Leipzig) 1: 16 (1815)
Agaricus cerasinus Berk., in Smith, Engl. fl. Edn 2 (London) 5(2): 12 (1836)
Hygrophorus cerasinus (Berk.) Berk., Outl. Brit. Fung. (London): 197 (1860)
Hygrophorus agathosmus f. aureofloccosus Bres., Iconogr. mycol. (Paris) 7: tab. 320 (1928)
Hygrophorus agathosmus var. aureofloccosus (Bres.) A. Pearson & Dennis, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 31: 163 (1948)

Habitat: On soil with conifers. Known with Larix, Picea and Pinus spp., and rarely reported with Fagus.

Notes: Occasional but widespread throughout Scotland, rare elsewhere.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 92788; Scotland: K(M) 92793; NI: K(M) 82511

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 118, pl. 105
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 87
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 119
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 167
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Pleurotaceae, Pluteaceae, and Tricholomataceae 1, (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 2: 137 pp. (1990), p. 132-133
D+I:, in Candusso, M., Fungi Europaei 6: Hygrophorus s.l. 6: 784 pp. (1997), as Hygrophorus agathosmus f. agathosmus, p. 99-102, pl. p.693
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 3 3: 634 pp. (2001), p. 109

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