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Mycena rosea (Bull.) Gramberg, Iconogr. Gen. Pl. 1: 36 (1912)

Agaricus purus α roseus (Bull.) Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 339 (1801)
Agaricus roseus Bull., Enum. pl. (Kjbenhavn) 2: 292 (1803)
Mycena pura var. rosea (Bull.) J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 9(no. 6): 75 (1938)

Habitat: On soil or decayed leaf litter, often associated with Fagus in beechwoods on calcareous soil but also known with Acer pseudoplatanus, Betula, Fraxinus and Quercus spp.

Notes: Common at least in southern and south-eastern England, but rarely reported elsewhere. Considered by some authorities as a variety or form of Mycena pura.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 81487; Wales: K(M) 55973

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 290, pl. 361
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), as Mycena pura var. rosea, p. 181
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 231
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 3 3: 634 pp. (2001), p. 401

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