A sequestrate member of Chlorophyllum, originally described as Endopthycum agaricoides Czern. 1845.

World wide distribution mainly in the temperate steppe zone of the northern hemisphere. Main habitat in dry and grazed grassland, but also on manured pastures. Although red-listed and possibly extinct in some European countries the global population seems to be stable. Proposed assessment: LC

Wide world distribution, mainly in the temperate steppe zone of the northern hemisphere. Also in dry Mediterranean areas. Scattered records from South America and Australia.

Appr. 1000 records in GBIF database. Seems to be rather abundant in more or less steppic grazed grassland areas and manured pastures. Nitrophilic and favoured by grazing cattle or sheep. Considered extinct RE in the Czech Republic and Sweden (one single record from 1941). Although rare in most parts of its distribution range, the global population does not seem show any decline. In Ukraine the number of records have increased.

“Nitrophilic, in anthropogenic silvopastural lands, pastures, arid steppes, wood edges, and fertilized grasslands, epigeouson richly manured soil or directly onto sheep or cattle dung..” (Loizides et al. 2020)