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Amanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Link, 1833 (Deathcap)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes
Amanita phalloides Fruitbody 17 September 2001 West Sussex England 5
Amanita phalloides Fruitbody 9 September 2001 Berks England 14
Amanita phalloides Fruitbody 30 September 1998 Berks England 6 12
Amanita phalloides Fruitbody 7 October 1979 West Sussex England 3 4
Amanita phalloides Fruitbody 1 November 1975 North Hampshire England 3
Amanita phalloides Fruitbody 13 October 1968 East Norfolk England 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Wright, M., 2000, Amanita phalloides, Field Mycology, Volume 1 (2): Back cover Amanita phalloides

Amanita phalloides 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

Amanita phalloides is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on calcareous soil]
Photos fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on calcareous soil]

Associated with Amanita phalloides:

Amanita phalloides may be associated with 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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