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Lepiota magnispora Murrill, Mycologia 4: 237 (1912)

Lepiota metulispora sensu auct., sensu Berkeley & Broome [Notices no. 1182 (1871)]
Lepiota clypeolaria sensu Rea (1922)
Lepiota ventriosospora D.A. Reid, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 41(4): 427 (1958)

Habitat: On soil or decayed leaf litter in woodland, often with mixtures of Pinus spp., and Fagus.

Notes: Occasional but widespread. Better known as Lepiota ventriosospora.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 55769; Scotland: K(M) 54333; Wales: K(M) 100819; NI: K(M) 82953

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), as Lepiota ventriosospora, p. 206, pl. 235
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Lepiota ventriosospora, p. 28
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), as Lepiota ventriosospora, p. 285
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Lepiota ventriosospora, p. 243
D+I:, in Candusso, M. & Lanzoni, G., Fungi Europaei 4: Lepiota s.l. 4: 743 pp. (1990), as Lepiota ventriosospora, p. 188-190, pl. 17
D+I:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 5: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands, (Ed.: M.E. Noordeloos, T.W. Kuyper & E.C. Vellinga) 5: 169 pp. (2001), p. 117-118

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