Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

Lycoperdon radicatum Durieu & Mont., Expl. Sci. Alg. Bot. 1: 383 (1848) [1846-49]

Bovistella radicata (Durieu & Mont.) Pat., Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 5: 55 (1889)

Habitat: On dry acidic soil, amongst short grass.

Notes: Known from Surrey (Richmond Park) and North Wiltshire (Spye Park) but not seen since 1952 and possibly extinct.

Distribution: E: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 81095

Conservation Status: Extinct 1952 (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006) as Bovistella radicata