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Armillaria ostoyae (Romagn.) Herink, Sympozium o Václavce Obecné Armillaria mellea (Vahl ex Fr.) Kumm. (Brno): 42 (1973)

Armillaria obscura sensu auct.
Agaricus obscurus sensu auct.
Armillariella polymyces sensu auct. eur.
Armillaria polymyces sensu auct.
Armillariella ostoyae Romagn., Bull. trimest. Soc. mycol. Fr. 86(1): 265 (1970)

Habitat: Parasitic, then saprotrophic on living and dead wood of deciduous and coniferous trees and shrubs, often with a preference for acidic soils.

Notes: Apparently widespread and may be locally common, but previously not distinguished from A. mellea. The ‘commonest Armillaria in Scotland after A. gallica' fide Watling (pers. comm.).

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 90615; Scotland: E00101588

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 138, pl. 135
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 181
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 3: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Tricholomataceae (2), (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 3: 183 pp. (1995), p. 36

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