Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Bovista paludosa Lév., Annls Sci. Nat. Bot., sér. 3 5: 163 (1846)

Bovistella paludosa (Lév.) Pat., in Lloyd, Mycol. Writ. 1. Lycoperd. Australia 1(no. 9): 88 (1902)

Habitat: On soil (often calcareous) in fens, often amongst mosses such as Aulacomnium palustre.

Notes: Known from East Norfolk (Buxton Heath, and Brundall near Norwich) and Yorkshire (Osmotherley).

Distribution: E: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 46658

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 334
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. 134-135, pl. Figs 101/102

Conservation Status: Extinct (Red Data List, Ing 1992); Endangered / B (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006); BAP species

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