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Pluteus aurantiorugosus (Trog) Sacc., in Bivona-Bernardi, Hedwigia 35(1): 5 (1896)

Pluteus leoninus sensu Rea (1922), sensu Cooke [Ill. Brit. fung. 313(412) Vol. 3 (1884)]
Agaricus aurantiorugosus Trog, Mitt. naturf. Ges. Bern: 388 (1857)
Pluteus leoninus var. coccineus Massee, Brit. Fung.-Fl. (London) 2: 291 (1893)
Pluteus caloceps G.F. Atk., Annls mycol. 7: 373 (1909)
Pluteus coccineus (Massee) J.E. Lange, Fl. Agaric. Danic. 2: 88 (1937)

Habitat: On decayed stumps or fallen trunks of deciduous trees. Most often collected on Ulmus spp., more rarely on Fagus, Fraxinus and Populus spp.

Notes: Known from Warwickshire southwards. An unmistakable species, genuinely rare, which became locally common during the epidemic of Dutch elm disease.

Distribution: E: !, W: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 31458; Wales: K(M) 141461

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I: Profiles of Fungi - 116 Pluteus aurantiorugosus, in Pegler, D.N. & Legon, N.W., Mycologist 14(3): 97-144 (2000), p. 132

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