Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Leptoporus mollis (Pers.) Quél., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 175 (1886)

Boletus mollis Pers., Observ. mycol. (Copenhagen) 1: 22 (1796)
Polyporus mollis (Pers.) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 360 (1821)
Polyporus erubescens Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 461 (1838) [1836-1838]
Tyromyces mollis (Pers.) Kotl. & Pouzar, Česká Mykol. 13: 30 (1959)

Habitat: On dead wood of conifers such as Pinus spp.

Notes: Not reported since 1957 and possibly extinct. Collections mostly from Scotland, few from England. Recent records from Lincolnshire and Herefordshire are dubious and unsubstantiated with voucher material.

Distribution: E: !, S: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 73642; Scotland: K(M) 38100

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 270, pl. 332
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 233
D:, in Ryvarden, L & Gilbertson, R.L., European Polypores: Abortiporus - Lindtneria, (Ed.: Ryvarden L. & Gilbertson R.L) 1: 1-387 (1993), p. 382

Conservation Status: Extinct 1957 (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)

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