Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Phaeomarasmius erinaceus (Fr.) Kühner, Revue Mycol. Paris 2(5): 195 (1937)

Agaricus lanatus Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 3: tab. 417 (1814)
Agaricus erinaceus Fr., Elench. fung. (Griefswald) 1: 33 (1828)
Naucoria erinaceus (Fr.) Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 543 (1876) [1878]
Dryophila erinaceus (Fr.) Quél., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 69 (1886)
Pholiota erinaceus (Fr.) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 121 (1922)
Phaeomarasmius aridus (Pers.) Singer, Lilloa 22: 577 (1951) [1949]

Habitat: On wood, usually small, dead, attached branches of Salix spp. in wet areas such as fen or alder carr, stream banks, pond margins and marshland.

Notes: Occasional but widespread. Basidiomes are small, cryptically coloured and easily overlooked.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 83236; Scotland: K(M) 84224; Wales: K(M) 101328; ROI: K(M) 102116

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 260
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 247
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 349
D:, in Watling, R., Gregory N.M. & Orton, P.D., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 7 Cortinariaceae p.p.: Galerina, Gymnopilus, Leucocortinarius, Phaeocollybia, Phaeogalera, Phaeolepiota, Phaeomarasmius, Pleuroflammula, Rozites & Stagnicola 7: 131 pp. (1993), p. 86-87
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 3rd part: Cortinariaceae 5: 338 pp. (2000), p. 330, pl. 435

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