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Tapinella atrotomentosa (Batsch) Šutara, Česká Mykol. 46(1-2): 50 (1992)

Agaricus atrotomentosus Batsch, Elench. fung. Cont. prima (Halle): 89 (1783)
Paxillus atrotomentosus (Batsch) Pers., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Upsaliae): 317 (1838) [1836-1838]

Habitat: On decayed wood of conifers, often Pinus spp. but also reported on Picea spp. Usually on large stumps or fallen trunks and occasionally at the base of living trunks.

Notes: Rather common in Scotland where it is often abundant. Occasional but widespread elsewhere. Perhaps better known as Paxillus atrotomentosus.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 86805; Scotland: K(M) 145342

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Paxillus atrotomentosus, p. 143
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), as Paxillus atrotomentosus, p. 90, pl. 63
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), as Paxillus atrotomentosus, p. 54
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), as Paxillus atrotomentosus, p. 51
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Paxillus atrotomentosus, p. 418
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 2 2: 620 pp. (2000), as Paxillus atrotomentosus, p. 346

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