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Hygrophorus persoonii Arnolds, Persoonia 10: 365 (1979)

Hygrophorus dichrous sensu Dennis, Orton & Hora [TBMS 43(Suppl.), 1960]
Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus sensu auct.
Hygrophorus limacinus sensu auct.
Limacium olivaceoalbum sensu Lange [Fl. Ag. Dan. 5, pl. 162A (1940)]
Agaricus limacinus Schaeff., Fung. bavar. palat. nasc. (Ratisbonae) 1: 74 (1762)

Habitat: On soil in old deciduous woodland, usually with Quercus spp., but also known with Fagus and Corylus.

Notes: Rarely reported but apparently widespread. Scattered widely in England, with single records from Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, NI: !, ROI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 81431; Scotland: E00101559; NI: K(M) 82340; ROI: K(M) 82340

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 59
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), as Hygrophorus olivaceoalbus, p. 130, pl. 122
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 87
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 171
D:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Pleurotaceae, Pluteaceae, and Tricholomataceae 1, (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 2: 137 pp. (1990), p. 129-130
D+I:, in Candusso, M., Fungi Europaei 6: Hygrophorus s.l. 6: 784 pp. (1997), p. 90-95, pl. p.692
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 3 3: 634 pp. (2001), p. 108

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