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Amanita ceciliae (Berk. & Broome) Bas, Persoonia 12(2): 192 (1983)

Amanita strangulata sensu auct. mult.
Agaricus ceciliae Berk. & Broome, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. Ser. 2 [Notices of British Fungi No. 663] 13: 396 (1854)
Amanita inaurata Secr. ex Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 41 (1874) [1878]
Amanitopsis inaurata (Secr. ex Gillet) Fayod, Annls Sci. Nat. Bot., sér. 7 9: 317 (1889)

Habitat: On soil, in open deciduous woodland or scrub, or amongst grass under solitary trees in parkland. Most frequently associated with Quercus spp. or Fagus. Also known (rarely) with Abies and Cedrus spp.

Notes: Rarely reported but apparently widespread. Most frequently reported from southern England, but nowhere common and often occurring singly.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, W: !, NI: !, ROI: !, Other: Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 90026; Wales: K(M) 136657; NI: K(M) 82515

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. 140, pl. 136
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), as Amanita inaurata, p. 22-23
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. 273
D+I:, in Galli, R., Le Amanite: 216 pp. (2001), p. 96-97

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