False Deathcap - Amanita citrina
This mushroom has a fleshy pale lemon yellow cap from 4 to 10 cm across, covered in irregular patches. The is also an all white form (variety alba). The gills and flesh are white. There is a large volva at the base of the 5 to 8 cm tall stem, which has a clear ring.
Mixed woodland on alkaline or neutral soil, these attractive mushrooms seem to be much less common in areas where the soil is strongly acidic.
Autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Lostash
Swithland Woods
27 September 2012
David Nicholls
Normanton Woods, Earl Shilton
26 September 2022
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
27 October 2012
Lostash
Swithland Woods
27 September 2012
var. alba
Lostash
Swithland Woods
18 October 2012
David Nicholls
Normanton Woods, Earl Shilton
26 September 2022
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
27 October 2012
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Amanitaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 14
- First record:
- 27/09/2012 (Watson, Ashley)
- Last record:
- 07/11/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
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David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
27 October 2012
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
27 October 2012
Melinda Bell
Whitwick,High Cademan
28 July 2021
diameter 4.5 cm
Melinda Bell
Bardon,Bardon Hill
22 June 2019
Melinda Bell
Bardon,Bardon Hill
22 June 2019
