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Pholiota astragalina (Fr.) Singer, Lilloa 22: 516 (1951) [1949]

Agaricus astragalinus Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 251 (1821)
Flammula astragalina (Fr.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 82 (1871)
Dryophila astragalina (Fr.) Quél., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 71 (1886)

Habitat: On decayed wood of conifers, usually on large stumps.

Notes: Rarely reported and poorly known in Britain. Few records, mostly from the late nineteenth century; most often recorded from Scotland, with two English and a single, rather suspect record from the Channel Islands.

Distribution: E: !, S: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 83882 (very old specimen); Scotland: K(M) 83880 (very old specimen)

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 2nd part: Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae 4: 368 pp. (1995), p. 328, pl. 420
D+I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 350
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 4: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Strophariaceae, Tricholomataceae (3), (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 4: 191 pp. (1999), p. 87-88

Conservation Status: Rare (Red Data List, Ing 1992); Critically Endangered / B (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006); BAP species

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