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Melanophyllum haematospermum (Bull.) Kreisel, Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 95(9-10): 700 (1984)

Agaricus haematospermus Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 13: tab. 595, fig. 1 (1793)
Agaricus echinatus Roth, Catal. bot. 2: 255 (1800)
Agaricus hookeri Klotzsch, in Smith, Engl. fl. Edn 2 (London) 5(2): 97 (1836)
Agaricus haematophyllus Berk., Mag. Zool. Bot. [Notices of British Fungi No. 38] 1: 507 (1837)
Lepiota echinata (Roth) Quél., Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. 26: 45 (1880) [1879]
Inocybe echinata (Roth) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 773 (1887)
Lepiota haematosperma (Bull.) Quél., Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 9: 6 (1893)
Melanophyllum canali Velen., České Houby 3: 570 (1921)
Psalliota haematosperma (Bull.) S. Lundell & Nannf., Fungi Exsiccati Suecici: no. 341 (1935)
Cystoderma echinatum (Roth) Singer, Annls mycol. 34: 338 (1936)
Melanophyllum echinatum (Roth) Singer, Lilloa 22: 436 (1951) [1949]

Habitat: On loam or highly nitrogenous soil, usually in deciduous woodland, often under dense cover of Mercurialis perennis or with Urtica dioica in nettlebeds. Occasionally in plantations with conifers such as Picea and Thuja spp., and on compost or mulched soil in greenhouses and private gardens.

Notes: Occasional in England. Rarely reported elsewhere but widespread.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 79625; Scotland: K(M) 158228; Wales: K(M) 101412; NI: K(M) 82782; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 56873

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. 220, pl. 258
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Melanophyllum echinatum, p. 30-31
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 227
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), as Melanophyllum haematosporum [incorrectly], p. 283
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 251
D+I: Profiles of Fungi - 73 Melanophyllum haematospermum, in Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., Mycologist 11(4): 145-192 (1997), p. 180
D+I: Profiles of Fungi - 73 Melanophyllum haematospermum, in Pegler, D.N. & Brand, A.W., Mycologist 11(4): 145-192 (1997), as Melanophyllum haematospermum, p. 180
D:, in Candusso, M. & Lanzoni, G., Fungi Europaei 4: Lepiota s.l. 4: 743 pp. (1990), p. 72-76, pl. 1a
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. 161-162

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