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Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (Corda) Singer, Sydowia 15(1-6): 67 (1962) [1961]

Agaricus cepistipes sensu Sowerby [Col. fig. Engl. fung. 1: pl. 2 (1796); yellow basidiomes]
Agaricus luteus Bolton, Hist. fung. Halifax (Huddersfield) 2: 50, tab. 50 (1788)
Lepiota lutea (Bolton) Godfrin, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 13: 33 (1897)
Lepiota aurea Massee, Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal botanic Gardens, Kew: 189 (1912)
Lepiota pseudolicmophora Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 74 (1922)
Leucocoprinus luteus (Bolton) Locq., Bull. mens. Soc. linn. Soc. Bot. Lyon 14: 93 (1945)

Habitat: On mulch or compost usually indoors but recently collected outside.

Notes: An introduced alien, rather common with potted plants in buildings, but collected outdoors in Middlesex (Highgate Woods) in 2003 on a large heap of decayed and fermenting woodchips made from old, recycled Christmas trees.

Distribution: E: !, W: !, Other: Channel Islands: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 120294; Wales: K(M) 101462; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 20834

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. 244
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 289
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), as Leucocoprinus flos-sulphuris, p. 249
D+I:, in Candusso, M. & Lanzoni, G., Fungi Europaei 4: Lepiota s.l. 4: 743 pp. (1990), p. 464-468, pl. 58a
I:, in Sowerby, J., Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms Vol.1 1: 50 pp. [pl. 1-120] (1796), as Agaricus cepistipes [yellow 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. 80-81

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