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Lycoperdon molle Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 150 (1801)

Lycoperdon atropurpureum sensu auct.
Lycoperdon umbrinum sensu auct.

Habitat: On soil (often calcareous) in deciduous, or mixed coniferous and deciduous woodland.

Notes: Widespread and fairly common.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c

Vouchers: England: K(M) 49148; Scotland: K(M) 81110; Wales: K(M) 81109; ROI: K(M) 81108

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 393, pl. 516
D: Coltricia confluens : a new polypore from the Netherlands, in Keizer, P.J., Persoonia 16(3): 389-391 (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. 160-161, pl. Figs 125/126

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