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Conocybe rickeniana P.D. Orton, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 43(2): 195 (1960)

Galera spartea sensu Wakefield & Dennis [Common British Fungi: 170 (1950)]
Galera spicula sensu Ricken [Blätterpilze Deutschl.: 226 (1912)], sensu Rea (1922)
Agaricus teneroides Peck, Ann. Rep. N.Y. St. Mus. nat. Hist. 29: 39 (1878) [1876]
Galera teneroides (Peck) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 861 (1887)

Habitat: On soil, often amongst grass, in deciduous woodland and copses, at path edges and occasionally in unimproved grassland.

Notes: Apparently widespread but often confused with similar species of Conocybe.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 61007; Scotland: K(M) 97862

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. 306, pl. 387
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 276
D:, in Watling, R., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 3 Bolbitiaceae: Agrocybe, Bolbitiusand Conocybe 3: 138 pp. (1982), p. 59-60

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