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Amanita excelsa (Ashen Amanita)
(Fr.) Bertill. 1866
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Amanitaceae
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Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood TM1498Bacton Woods TG3131Blickling, Buck's Common TG1528Bodham TG1340Booton Common TG1122Bridgham Picnic Site TL9683Briston Common TG0630Briston, Craymere Beck TG0630Easton Estate TG1411Felthorpe Woods TG1416Foxley Wood TG0522Gillingham Thicks TM4191High Kelling TG1038Holt Country Park TG0837Holt Hall TG0739Holt Lowes TG0937Holt, Gresham's School TG0839Honingham, Warren Wood TG0911Horsford, Green Lane TG2017Litcham Common TF8816Mannington Hall TG1431Marsham Heath TG1723North Burlingham Woods TG3610North Wootton, Ling Common TF6524Norwich, Mousehold Heath TG2410Pensthorpe, Fakenham TF9429Sheringham, Pretty Corner TG1541Sparham Pools TG0718Swanton Novers Great Wood TG0032Thursford, Brett's Wood TF9632

Summary

55 records from 31 different sites
Years (# of records): 0 (1) 1976 (1) 1980 (5) 1982 (2) 1984 (2) 1987 (4) 1988 (1) 1989 (1) 1992 (3) 1993 (2) 1994 (1) 1995 (1) 1996 (3) 1997 (2) 1998 (3) 1999 (3) 2001 (2) 2002 (1) 2004 (1) 2007 (2) 2008 (2) 2010 (1) 2011 (1) 2012 (1) 2013 (3) 2016 (1) 2019 (1) 2022 (2) 2023 (2)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Amanita excelsa var. excelsa
Associations: Angiospermae; Betula; Pinus; Pinus sylvestris; Quercus
Substrates: conifer litter; litter, deciduous; soil
Finders: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Anon; David Longden; foray; Ian Senior; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Jonathan Revett; R.E. Evans; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley; Trevor Dove
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Geoffrey Kibby; Ian Senior; James Emerson; Jeremy Bartlett; Jonathan Revett; R.E. Evans; Richard Shotbolt; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley; Trevor Dove
Confirmers: None
Comments: 'Cooke notes 'probably a form of A. spissa'. Source: CP List 1884'; 'In conifer wood.'

Record Details

00/00/0000 Unnamed Site; No Grid Ref; Anon; "Cooke notes 'probably a form of A. spissa'. Source: CP List 1884"; Lit. cited: 238;234
26/09/1976 Bacton Woods; TG3131; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
30/06/1980 Norwich, Mousehold Heath; TG2410; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
25/07/1980 Honingham, Warren Wood; TG0911; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
27/07/1980 Holt Lowes; TG0937; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
28/07/1980 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
24/10/1980 Honingham, Warren Wood; TG0911; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
25/07/1982 Booton Common; TG1122; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
02/09/1982 Sparham Pools; TG0718; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
21/08/1984 Sparham Pools; TG0718; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
31/08/1984 Sparham Pools; TG0718; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
09/06/1987 Bacton Woods; TG3131; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
22/08/1987 Swanton Novers Great Wood; TG0032; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
24/08/1987 Holt Lowes; TG0937; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
30/09/1987 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
21/08/1988 Bacton Woods; TG3131; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "In conifer wood."; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
24/10/1989 Swanton Novers Great Wood; TG0032; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
25/07/1992 Foxley Wood; TG0523; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
26/07/1992 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
01/11/1992 Bacton Woods; TG3131; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
19/09/1993 North Wootton, Ling Common; TF6523; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
26/09/1993 Bridgham Picnic Site; TL9683; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
28/08/1994 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
08/10/1995 High Kelling; TG1038; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
26/09/1996 Mannington Hall; TG1431; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
06/10/1996 Pensthorpe, Fakenham; TF9429; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
07/10/1996 Easton Estate; TG1411; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
08/07/1997 Litcham Common; TF8816; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
20/09/1997 Bacton Woods; TG3131; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
27/09/1998 Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood; TM1498; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
11/10/1998 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
18/10/1998 Norwich, Mousehold Heath; TG2410; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
11/10/1999 Gillingham Thicks; TM4191; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
17/10/1999 Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood; TM1498; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
31/10/1999 Holt Country Park; TG0838; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
22/09/2001 Swanton Novers Great Wood; TG0032; Angiospermae; soil; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
07/10/2001 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
26/09/2002 Holt Lowes; TG0937; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
16/09/2004 Horsford, Green Lane; TG2017; Anon; Richard Shotbolt; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
23/09/2007 Holt Country Park; TG0837; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
07/10/2007 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0939; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
04/10/2008 Briston, Craymere Beck; TG063307; David Longden; Tony Leech
11/10/2008 Blickling, Buck's Common; TG1528; foray; Tony Leech
26/09/2010 Thursford, Brett's Wood; TF969328; foray; Tony Leech
25/09/2011 Holt Hall; TG0739; foray; Tony Leech
02/11/2012 Sheringham, Pretty Corner; TG1541; foray; Tony Leech
08/10/2013 Thursford, Brett's Wood; TF9632; foray; Tony Leech
30/10/2013 Foxley Wood; TG052224; Pinus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
01/11/2013 Marsham Heath; TG174236; Betula; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
20/08/2016 Holt Country Park; TG0837; foray; Tony Leech
17/10/2019 Bodham; TG131409; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley
02/10/2022 North Burlingham Woods; TG366103; Quercus; litter, deciduous; Ian Senior; James Emerson; [as Amanita excelsa var. excelsa]
18/10/2022 Briston Common; TG0630; conifer litter; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
25/06/2023 Foxley Wood; TG0523; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
01/10/2023 North Wootton, Ling Common; TF652242; Pinus sylvestris; soil; Jenny Kelly; Geoffrey Kibby

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