Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Lycoperdon lividum Pers., J. Bot. (Schrader) 2: 18 (1809)

Lycoperdon spadiceum Pers., J. Bot. (Schrader) 2: 20 (1809)
Lycoperdon cookei Massee, J. Roy. Microscop. Soc.: 14 (1887)

Habitat: On soil amongst grass in pastures, meadows, on dunes and sea cliffs, and in cemeteries.

Notes: Common and widespread. Most frequently collected in coastal areas.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 41853; Scotland: K(M) 81103; Wales: K(M) 59254; ROI: K(M) 81105; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 28345; Isle of Man: K(M) 81104

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Lycoperdon spadiceum, p. 249
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 392, pl. 514
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 339
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Læssøe, T., & Spooner, B.M, British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: an account of the Gasteroid Fungi: 1-255 (1995), p. 156-157, pl. Figs 121/122

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