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Leucocoprinus cepistipes (Sowerby) Pat., J. Bot. Paris 3: 336 (1889)

Agaricus cepistipes Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 1: tab. 2 (1797) [1795-97]
Coprinus cepistipes (Sowerby) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 633 (1821)
Sclerotium mycetospora Nees, in Fries, Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 2(1): 253 (1822)
Agaricus rorulentus Panizzi, Comm. Soc. crittog. Ital. 1: 172 (1862)
Agaricus cheimonoceps Berk. & M.A. Curtis, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 10: 283 (1868) [1869]
Lepiota cepistipes (Sowerby) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 136 (1871)
Lepiota cheimonoceps (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 66 (1887)
Leucocoprinus cepistipes var. rorulentus (Panizzi) Babos, Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 72: 87 (1980)

Habitat: On soil in greenhouses in botanic gardens, also outdoors on fermenting piles of woodchips, stable-waste, compost or manure.

Notes: Known from England (Berkshire, Dorset, Leicestershire, North Hampshire, Nottinghamshire, South Devon, South Essex, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Cornwall and West Kent). Possibly a naturalised alien, apparently increasing.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, ROI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 62475

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 2nd part: Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae 4: 368 pp. (1995), p. 212, pl. 246
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 224
D+I:, in Candusso, M. & Lanzoni, G., Fungi Europaei 4: Lepiota s.l. 4: 743 pp. (1990), p. 472-476, pl. 59b
I:, in Sowerby, J., Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms Vol.1 1: 50 pp. [pl. 1-120] (1796), as Agaricus cepistipes [white specimens], pl. 2
D+I:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 5: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands, (Ed.: M.E. Noordeloos, T.W. Kuyper & E.C. Vellinga) 5: 169 pp. (2001), p. 77-78

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