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Coprinellus disseminatus (Pers.) J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 9(no. 6): 93 (1938)

Agaricus striatus sensu Sowerby [Col. fig. Engl. fung. 2: pl. 166 (1798)], non sensu Schaeffer [Icones pl. 38 (1762)]
Agaricus minutulus Schaeff., Fung. bavar. palat. nasc. (Ratisbonae) 4: 72 (1774)
Agaricus disseminatus Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 403 (1801)
Coprinus disseminatus (Pers.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 634 (1821)
Coprinarius disseminatus (Pers.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 68 (1871)
Psathyrella disseminata (Pers.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard Sér. 2 5: 123 (1872)
Pseudocoprinus disseminatus (Pers.) Kühner, Botaniste 20: 156 (1928)

Habitat: On decayed wood of deciduous trees (usually large stumps) often occurring in vast, densely gregarious swarms but may also occur single or in ones and two's.

Notes: Common and widespread. Should be distinguished microscopically from the superficially similar Psathyrella pygmaea which may occur mixed with it.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: !; Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 41001; Scotland: K(M) 70837; NI: K(M) 82434; ROI: K(M) 70831

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. 230, pl. 272
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 181
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 230
D+I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 272
D:, in Henderson, D.M., Orton, P.D., & Watling, R., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 2 Coprinaceae: Coprinus 2: 148 pp. (1979), p. 82

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