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Hygrophorus nemoreus (Pers.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 326 (1838) [1836-1838]

Hygrophorus leporinus sensu Cooke, sensu Rea (1922)
Agaricus nemoreus Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 305 (1801)
Camarophyllus nemoreus (Pers.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 118 (1871)

Habitat: On calcareous soil in deciduous woodland.

Notes: Rarely reported but widely scattered in England, rare in Scotland and Northern Ireland. When found in woodland Hygrocybe pratensis is sometimes mistaken for this species.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, NI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 32340; Scotland: K(M) 17931; NI: K(M) 82784

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 130, pl. 121
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 90
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 117
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 165
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Pleurotaceae, Pluteaceae, and Tricholomataceae 1, (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 2: 137 pp. (1990), p. 124-125
D+I:, in Candusso, M., Fungi Europaei 6: Hygrophorus s.l. 6: 784 pp. (1997), p. 281-285, pl. p.717
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 3 3: 634 pp. (2001), p. 97

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Red Data List, Ing 1992); Near Threatened (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)

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