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Amanita porphyria Alb. & Schwein., 1805 (Grey Veiled Amanita)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Amanita porphyria Fruitbody 23 October 1986 Berks England 5
Amanita porphyria Fruitbody 22 August 1978 South Aberdeenshire Scotland 1

Suggested Literature

Amanita porphyria may 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 porphyria is associated with:

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 acid soil]
Photos fruitbody Pinus sylvestris - Scots Pine (Pinaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on acid soil]
Photos fruitbody Calluna vulgaris - Heather (Ericaceae) fruitbody is associated with UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on acid soil]

Associated with Amanita porphyria:

Amanita porphyria 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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