Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Volvariella hypopithys (Fr.) Shaffer, Mycologia 49: 572 (1957)

Agaricus hypopithys Fr., Hymenomyc. Eur. (Uppsala): 183 (1874)
Agaricus pubescentipes Peck, Ann. Rep. N.Y. St. Mus. nat. Hist. 29: 39 (1878) [1876]
Volvaria plumulosa Quél., Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. 24: 320 (1878) [1877]
Volvaria parvula var. biloba Massee, Brit. Fung.-Fl. (London) 2: 296 (1893)
Volvaria media var. biloba (Massee) A. Pearson & Dennis, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 31: 168 (1948)
Volvariella pubescentipes (Peck) Singer, Lilloa 22: 410 (1951) [1949]

Habitat: On soil, often in grassy areas in deciduous woodland or with conifers.

Notes: Rarely reported but widespread, especially in England from Lancashire southwards.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 54299; Scotland: E00159316; Wales: K(M) 94124; ROI: K(M) 94166

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. 136, pl. 131

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