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Amanita fulva (Schaeff.) Fr., Observ. mycol. (Leipzig) 1: 2 (1815)

Agaricus fulvus Schaeff., Fung. bavar. palat. nasc. (Ratisbonae) 1: 41 (1762)
Amanitopsis vaginata var. fulva (Schaeff.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 21 (1887)
Amanitopsis fulva (Schaeff.) Fayod, Annls Sci. Nat. Bot., sér. 7 9: 317 (1889)

Habitat: On acidic soil in open deciduous woodland, often associated with Betula spp. and also reported with Fagus and Quercus spp. Also on heathland amongst Calluna and Pteridium.

Notes: Common and widespread.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 61494; Scotland: K(M) 109481

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Agarics, 2nd part: Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae, Amanitaceae, Agaricaceae, Coprinaceae, Bolbitiaceae 4: 368 pp. (1995), p. 142, pl. 139
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 23
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 197
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 295
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 275
D+I:, in Galli, R., Le Amanite: 216 pp. (2001), p. 72-73

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