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Agaricus moelleri Wasser, Nov. sist. Niz. Rast. 13: 77 (1976)

Agaricus placomyces sensu auct. eur.
Agaricus xanthodermus var. obscuratus Maire, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 26: 192 (1910)
Psalliota meleagris Jul. Schäff., Z. Pilzk. 4(2): 28 (1925)
Agaricus meleagris (Jul. Schäff.) Imbach, Mitt. naturf. Ges. Luzern 15: 68 (1946)
Agaricus meleagris var. terricolor F.H. Møller, Friesia 4: 208 (1952)
Agaricus praeclaresquamosus A.E. Freeman, Mycotaxon 8: 90 (1979)
Agaricus praeclaresquamosus var. terricolor (F.H. Møller) Bon & Cappelli, Docums Mycol. 13(no. 52): 16 (1983)

Habitat: On soil (especially calcareous loam) in deciduous woodland, and rarely on dunes.

Notes: Occasional but widespread, and may be locally abundant. Better known as Agaricus placomyces. N.B. the supposed synonymy of Psalliota xanthoderma var. lepiotoides with this species (as Agaricus placomyces) in NCL is incorrect.

Distribution: E: o, S: !, W: o, NI: !, Other: Channel Islands: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 31387; Scotland: E00159326; Wales: K(M) 27764; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 106185

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), as Agaricus praeclaresquamosus, p. 174, pl. 188
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Agaricus placomyces, p. 168-169
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), as Agaricus placomyces, p. 211
D+I:, in Capelli, A., Fungi Europaei 1: Agaricus 1: 560 pp. (1984), as Agaricus praeclaresquamosus var. praeclaresquamosus, p. 508, pl. 62
I:, in Capelli, A., Fungi Europaei 1: Agaricus 1: 560 pp. (1984), as Agaricus praeclaresquamosus var. terricolor, pl. 63
D:, 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. 56-57

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