Pisolithus arhizus (Scop.) Rauschert, Z. Pilzk. 25(2): 50 (1959) Lycoperdon arrizon Scop., Delic. Fl. Faun. Insubr. 1: 40 (1786) Scleroderma arhizum (Scop.) Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 1: 152 (1801) Pisolithus arenarius Alb. & Schwein., Consp. fung. (Leipzig): 82 (1805) Lycoperdon capsuliferum Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 3: tab. 425 a/b (1809) Polysaccum olivaceum Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 3(1): 54 (1829) Polysaccum pisocarpium Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 3(1): 54 (1829) Pisolithus tinctorius (Pers.) Coker & Couch, Gasteromycetes E. U.S. Canada: 170 (1928)
Habitat: On warm, dry, sandy soils in open woodland, and by roadsides. With Pinus spp. in Britain.
Notes: Known from England (Berkshire, East Norfolk, Middlesex, North Hampshire, South Devon, South Hampshire and West Gloucestershire) and from the Republic of Ireland (South Tipperary).
Distribution: E: !, ROI: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 81025
Descriptions, Lists & Icons: D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 251 D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 296 D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Læssøe, T., & Spooner, B.M, British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns: an account of the Gasteroid Fungi: 1-255 (1995), p. 36-37, pl. Figs 18/19
Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Red Data List, Ing 1992); removed from list (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)
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