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Amanita strobiliformis (Paulet ex Vittad.) Bertill., in Dechambre, Essai Crypt. Exot. (Paris) 1: 499 (1866)

Amanita solitaria sensu Dennis, Orton & Hora [TBMS 43(Suppl.), 1960]
Agaricus strobiliformis Paulet ex Vittad., Descr. fung. mang. Italia: 59 (1835)

Habitat: On soil (usually calcareous) in open mixed deciduous woodland. Also known amongst grass on downland with Betula spp.

Notes: The true distribution and frequency are unknown due to confusion with A. echinocephala and the fact that both species have commonly been reported as A. solitaria (a nomen confusum). Rarely reported but apparently widespread.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, W: !, ROI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 63556

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. 154, pl. 159
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Amanita solitaria, p. 20-21
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 194
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 299
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 279
D+I:, in Galli, R., Le Amanite: 216 pp. (2001), p. 162-165

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