Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Lycoperdon perlatum Pers., Observ. mycol. (Copenhagen) 1: 4 (1796)

Lycoperdon gemmatum Batsch, Elench. fung. (Halle): 147 (1783)
Lycoperdon gemmatum var. perlatum (Pers.) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 3(1): 37 (1829)
Lycoperdon bonordenii Massee, J. Roy. Microscop. Soc.: 713 (1887)
Lycoperdon perlatum var. bonordenii (Massee) Perdeck, Blumea 6: 505 (1950)

Habitat: On soil or decayed wood (fallen trunks or stumps) in deciduous woodland and with conifers (but less frequent in the latter). Also on flowerbeds mulched with wood chips or shredded bark, where it may occur in quantity.

Notes: Very common and widespread.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: c; Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 81116; Scotland: K(M) 81117; Wales: K(M) 81114; NI: K(M) 82876; ROI: K(M) 81115

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 248-249
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 394, pl. 518
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 338
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. 152-153, pl. Figs 117/118

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