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Agrocybe pediades (Fr.) Fayod, Annls Sci. Nat. Bot., sér. 7 9: 358 (1889)

Agrocybe arvalis sensu auct.
Naucoria vervacti sensu Ricken [Blätterpilze Deutschl.: 210 (1912)]
Agaricus pusillus Schaeff., Fung. bavar. palat. nasc. (Ratisbonae) 4: 45 (1774)
Agaricus semiorbicularis Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 9: 56 (1789)
Agaricus temulentus Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 268 (1821)
Agaricus arenicola Berk., J. Bot. Lond. 2: 511 (1843)
Naucoria pediades (Fr.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 78 (1871)
Naucoria temulenta (Fr.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 77 (1871)
Naucoria semiorbicularis (Bull.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard Sér. 2 5: 439 (1875)
Agrocybe semiorbicularis (Bull.) Fayod, Annls Sci. Nat. Bot., sér. 7 9: 358 (1889)
Naucoria arenaria Peck, Bull. N.Y. St. Mus. 157: 29 (1912) [1913]
Agrocybe arenicola (Berk.) Singer, Beih. Botan. Centralbl. Abt. B 56: 169 (1936)
Agrocybe temulenta (Fr.) Singer, Beih. Botan. Centralbl. Abt. B 56: 167 (1936)
Naucoria subpediades Murrill, Lloydia 5: 150 (1942)
Agrocybe arenaria (Peck) Singer, Beih. Nova Hedwigia 29: 227 (1969)
Agrocybe subpediades (Murrill) Watling, Kew Bull. 31: 592 (1977)

Habitat: On soil amongst grass in fields, grassland, on dunes and in gardens. Several recent records from soil enriched with woodchips and sawdust in parkland.

Notes: British records are uncertain as many are unsubstantiated with voucher material. We follow Nauta (1987: 29) and NM2 in recognising only a single, widespread and variable species covering four species recognised in BFF3.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, W: !, NI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 19757; Scotland: K(M) 98126; Wales: K(M) 97523; ROI: K(M) 98397

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. 294, pl. 369
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 271
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 263
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 360
D:, in Watling, R., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 3 Bolbitiaceae: Agrocybe, Bolbitiusand Conocybe 3: 138 pp. (1982), p. 19-22
D:, in Watling, R., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 3 Bolbitiaceae: Agrocybe, Bolbitiusand Conocybe 3: 138 pp. (1982), p. 20
D:, in Watling, R., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 3 Bolbitiaceae: Agrocybe, Bolbitiusand Conocybe 3: 138 pp. (1982), p. 21
D:, in Watling, R., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 3 Bolbitiaceae: Agrocybe, Bolbitiusand Conocybe 3: 138 pp. (1982), p. 21-22

Conservation Status: Vulnerable (Red Data List, Ing 1992) listed as Agrocybe arenaria; removed from list (Red Data List, Evans et al. 2006)

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