Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Pluteaceae
Species: Amanita citrina var. citrina Pers.
Synonyms: Agaricus citrinus
Agaricus mappa
Amanita mappa
Amanita mappa var. citrina
Common Name: False Deathcap
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Amanita citrina var. citrinaPhotographer: © Roy Anderson
Photographer: © Roy Anderson

Photographer: © Roy Anderson
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (23)
Quercus (6)
Corylus avellana (5)
Quercus petraea (5)
Pinus sylvestris (2)
Tilia (2)
Beech (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (7)
Woodland: mixed (6)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, under planted (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Mossy (11)
Soil Leaves (10)
Soil (9)
Soil Grassy (2)
Soil bare (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
September (21)
October (13)
November (6)