BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Amanita excelsa var. spissa (Fr.) Neville & Poumerat, 2004 (Grey Spotted Amanita)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #microphotos
Amanita excelsa var. spissa toadstool: in situ, lain down, LS, cheilocystidia, spores, spores on basidia in gill face, universal veil structure 20 September 2005 N. Hants England 13 20

Suggested Literature

Amanita excelsa var. spissa may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(a fungus)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
PLUTEACEAE
(a family of toadstools)
Amanita
(grisettes and amanitas)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Amanita excelsa var. spissa is associated with:

fruitbody Betula - birches (Betulaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with UK/Ireland Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Amanita excelsa var. spissa:

Amanita excelsa var. spissa may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
Amanita
(grisettes and amanitas)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota