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Gyrodon lividus (Bull.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 6: 52 (1888)

Boletus lividus Bull., Herb. Fr. Champ. Hist. Champ. Fr. (Paris) 1: 327 (1791)
Boletus sistotrema Fr., Observ. mycol. (Havniae) 1: 120 (1815)
Boletus sistotremoides Fr., Observ. mycol. (Leipzig) 1: 120 (1815)
Boletus brachyporus Pers., Mycol. eur. (Erlanga) 2: 128 (1825)
Gyrodon sistotremoides (Fr.) Opat., Arch. Naturgesch. 2(1): 5 (1836)
Gyrodon sistotrema (Fr.) Sacc., Revue mycol. Toulouse 3(no. 9): 17 (1881)
Uloporus lividus (Bull.) Quél., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 162 (1886)
Gyrodon sistotrema var. brachyporus (Pers.) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 557 (1922)

Habitat: On soil, in fens or alder-carr, associated with Alnus and often growing amongst grasses.

Notes: Rarely reported. Known from England (Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Herefordshire, Norfolk, North Hampshire, South Hampshire, Warwickshire, West Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Yorkshire), Wales (Breconshire and Glamorganshire) and Republic of Ireland (Wexford).

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 108399; Wales: K(M) 67864

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Reid, D.A., Fungorum Rariorum Icones Coloratae: Part 6 6: 59 pp. (1972), p. 44-50, pl. 48a
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 206
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 68, pl. 28
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 53
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 33
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 421
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 2 2: 620 pp. (2000), p. 255
D+I:, in Dermek, A., Fungorum Rariorum Icones Coloratae: Part 16(16): 23 pp. (1987), p. 3-4, pl. 121a

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Red Data List, Ing 1992) as Uloporus lividus; Near Threatened (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)

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