BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Amanita echinocephala (Vittad.) Quél., 1872 (Solitary Amanita)
| Diagnostic features | Distinguished by its strongly scaley cap combined with the very pale yellowish-green tinges to stipe and gills. |
| 1992 (Provisional) Red Data List | Vulnerable |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanita echinocephala | Fruitbody | 6 September 1979 | Surrey | England | 5 | 1 |
Suggested Literature
Amanita echinocephala may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Amanita echinocephala is associated with:
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fruitbody | Betula - birches (Betulaceae) | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root | 
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
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fruitbody | Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) | fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root |
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Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 |
Associated with Amanita echinocephala:
Amanita echinocephala may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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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 |
