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Amanita muscaria (L.) Lam., 1783 (Fly Agaric)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #microphotos
Amanita muscaria Fruitbody 10 October 2001 North Hampshire England 13 2
Amanita muscaria Fruitbody 19 September 1986 Berks England 9
Amanita muscaria Fruitbody 21 August 1978 East Perthshire Scotland 1
Amanita muscaria Fruitbody 24 September 1975 Mid-west Yorkshire England 1
Amanita muscaria Fruitbody 10 November 1974 Surrey England 1
Amanita muscaria Fruitbody 16 September 1970 West Sussex England 2

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #webs
Variety Amanita muscaria var. aureola (Kalchbr.) Quél., 1886 (a fly agaric) 1
Variety Amanita muscaria var. formosa (Pers.) Bertill., 1866 (a fly agaric) 2
Variety Amanita muscaria var. muscaria (L.) Pers., 1783 (Fly Agaric) 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Hampton, M., 2004, Amanita muscaria, Field Mycology, Volume 5(2): Back cover (Photograph) Amanita muscaria

General Works

Henrici, A., 2006 (Large fairy ring - colour photograph) Notes and Records (January 2006)

Amanita muscaria may also be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Amanita muscaria:

Photos mycelium mycelium is associate of basidiome Chalciporus piperatus - Peppery Bolete (Boletales: Boletaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Amanita muscaria may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
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

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