Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Pluteaceae
Species: Amanita phalloides Fr.
Synonyms:
Common Name: Deathcap
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Amanita phalloidesPhotographer: © Ronnie Irvine
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (12)
Pinus (2)
Quercus petraea (2)
Beech (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Hazel (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Woodland: mixed (4)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Woodland (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (6)
Soil Grassy (2)
Soil Leaves (2)
Soil bare (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
August (3)
September (7)
October (7)
November (4)