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Amanita muscaria (L.) Pers., Tent. disp. meth. Fung. 1: 111 (1783) var. muscaria

Amanita muscaria (L.) Pers., Tent. disp. meth. Fung.: 111 (1783)
Agaricus puellus Batsch, Elench. fung. (Halle): 59 (1783)
Agaricus nobilis Bolton, Hist. fung. Halifax (Huddersfield) 2: 46 (1788)
Amanita muscaria γ puella (Batsch) Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 253 (1801)
Amanita muscaria β minor Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 600 (1821)
Amanita circinnata Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 600 (1821)

Habitat: On acidic soil, forming ectomycorhizal associations with various species of Betula (including planted aliens or cultivars). Rarely reported with conifers.

Notes: Very common and widespread. See also Cooke 5 (117) Vol.1 (1881). English name = 'Fly Agaric'.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: c; Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 31452; Scotland: K(M) 82871; NI: K(M) 81251; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 24964

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. 150, pl. 152
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 15
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 196
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 297
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 277
I:, in Sowerby, J., Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms Vol.3 3: 84 pp. [pl. 241-400] (1800), as Agaricus muscarius, pl. 286
D+I:, in Galli, R., Le Amanite: 216 pp. (2001), p. 112-117
I:, in Galli, R., Le Amanite: 216 pp. (2001), p. 45

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