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Agrocybe praecox (Spring Fieldcap)
(Pers.) Fayod 1889
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Strophariaceae
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Holkham Meals East TF9045Swanton Novers Great Wood TG0032Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site TL8294Tittleshall, Eastfield Wood TF9021East Harling, Big Wood TL9784Brettenham, Thorpe Farm TL9484Sandringham Estate TF6728Narborough, Narford Hall TF7613Grimes Graves TL8189Frogshall, Fox Hills TG2638Santon Downham TL8187Fordham TL6099How Hill (Ludham) TG3719Sparham Pools TG0718Felthorpe Woods TG1416Saxthorpe TG1130Denver, Whin Common TF6100Weybourne TG1143Beetley, Roosting Hills TF9818Norwich, University of East Anglia TG1907Grimston Carr TF7323Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site TL8294Surlingham TG3205Beetley, Roosting Hills TF9818Pensthorpe, Fakenham TF9429Thompson Common TL9396Sheringham Park TG1441Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site TL8294Hoe Rough, Beetley TF9716East Wretham Heath TL9088Holt Hall TG0739Stanford, churchyard (STANTA) TL8594East Wretham, Peddar's Way TL9480Wymondham, The Lizard TG1201Hickling Broad TG4122Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site TL8294Burnham Overy Staithe TF8244Little Massingham TF7823Bodney, Hopton Point (STANTA) TL8697Mattishall, Bingham Meadow TG0412Barney Wood TF9833Buxton Heath, Hevingham TG1721Welney (WWT) TL5594Foxley Wood TG0523Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood TM1498Mattishall TG0510Welborne TG0609Corpusty TG1130Hockering Wood TG0714Holt Country Park TG0838Welborne TG0609Beeston Regis Common TG1642Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood TM1498Bodney Warren (STANTA) TL8496Kelling Heath TG1041Welney TL5395Welborne TG0609Welney TL525948Brandon Parva TG0708Welborne TG0609Hunworth TG063361Ringstead Downs TF6940Edgefield TG083346Welney TL525948Holt Hall TG0739Titchwell RSPB TF7544Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL7795Lenwade, Dinosaur Park TG1017Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL7795Foxley Wood TG0422Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF9030Holt Hall TG078397Syderstone Common TF8331Brancaster, Barrow Common TF790430Buckenham Carrs TG3605Norwich, Earlham Cemetery West TG205087Welney (WWT) TL545946Welney TL525948Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East TG212088Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate TF673338Titchwell RSPB TF750446Sedgeford TF719359Old Hunstanton TF686427Snettisham Common TF673337Hunstanton Park TF701413Beeston Regis Common TG1642Hunstanton TF675405Sedgeford Belt TF714387Crostwick TG2516Welney TL525948Foxley Wood TG0422Sedgeford TF718368Fakenham TF910307Ringstead TF701400Titchwell RSPB TF755440Roydon TF698229Glandford, Bayfield Estate TG048405Sandringham Estate TF692290Flitcham, Abbey Farm TF742275Ingoldisthorpe TF682325Houghton TF774290Sandringham Estate TF696285Docking, churchyard TF765370Sedgeford TF704367Sandringham Estate TF6928Sedgeford TF723384Ringstead, Courtyard Farm TF726405Thompson Common TL9396Hunstanton TF6740Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East TG212088Upton Fen TG3813Ringstead, Courtyard Farm TF7340Briston TG049329Heacham TF685374

Summary

124 records from 86 different sites
Years (# of records): 0 (3) 1872 (1) 1934 (1) 1977 (2) 1981 (3) 1983 (3) 1984 (2) 1985 (1) 1986 (2) 1987 (3) 1988 (4) 1989 (1) 1990 (5) 1991 (6) 1992 (3) 1993 (2) 1994 (2) 1995 (2) 1996 (4) 1997 (2) 1998 (4) 1999 (3) 2000 (2) 2001 (3) 2002 (4) 2007 (1) 2010 (2) 2012 (4) 2013 (4) 2014 (1) 2015 (1) 2016 (1) 2019 (3) 2020 (6) 2021 (14) 2022 (8) 2023 (11)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Agaricus arrhenii; Pholiota praecox; Pholiota togularis
Associations: Cornus; Fagus sylvatica; grass; Poaceae; Populus alba
Substrates: brashings; buried wood; compost in plant pot; grass; litter, deciduous; rough grass; soil; soil, turf; wood chip; wood chips
Finders: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Anne Crotty; Anon; BMS foray; E.A. Ellis; foray; Ian Senior; Jenny Kelly; Jonathan Revett; Joseph Hubbard; Keith Fox; Lorraine Auton; Margaret Ford; Mark Joy; R.E. Evans; S. Frost; Steve Judd; Tony Leech; Yvonne Mynett
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Anne Crotty; Ian Senior; Jenny Kelly; Jonathan Revett; Keith Fox; Margaret Ford; Neil Mahler; R.E. Evans; S. Frost; Steve Judd; Tony Leech; Yvonne Mynett
Confirmers: Jenny Kelly; R.E. Evans
Comments: ' Spores examined'; 'BMS foray'; 'common, June and July'. Source: NCLF Part II'; 'Habitat noted as grass'; 'Id confirmed with spores'; 'Identified by Royal Horticultural Society'; 'In front garden'; 'Near gates'; 'Source: CP List 1872'; 'Source: CP List 1884'; 'Source: NCLF Part II'; 'Spores examined'; 'wet meadow'

Record Details

00/00/0000 Unnamed Site; No Grid Ref; Anon; "Source: CP List 1872"; [as Agaricus arrhenii]; Lit. cited: 237
; Additional NotesC.B. Plowright recorded this as 'Not rare in gardens' in his 1872 list under the name Agaricus arrhenii [= Conocybe arrhenii] and in his 1884 list as Pholiota togularis

00/00/0000 Unnamed Site; No Grid Ref; Anon; "Source: CP List 1884"; [as Pholiota togularis]; Lit. cited: 238
; Additional NotesC.B. Plowright recorded this as 'Not rare in gardens' in his 1872 list under the name Agaricus arrhenii [= Conocybe arrhenii] and in his 1884 list as Pholiota togularis

00/00/0000 Newton St Faith; No Grid Ref; E.A. Ellis; "Source: NCLF Part II"; [as Pholiota togularis]; Lit. cited: 234
00/00/1872 Unnamed Site; No Grid Ref; Anon; "common, June and July'. Source: NCLF Part II"; [as Pholiota praecox]; Lit. cited: 234
00/10/1934 Westwick; No Grid Ref; BMS foray; "Source: NCLF Part II"; [as Pholiota togularis]; Lit. cited: 234
20/05/1977 Holkham Meals East; TF9045; Anon; R.E. Evans; "BMS foray"
27/09/1977 Swanton Novers Great Wood; TG0032; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
31/05/1981 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site; TL8294; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
14/06/1981 Tittleshall, Eastfield Wood; TF9021; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
11/07/1981 East Harling, Big Wood; TL9784; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
15/05/1983 Brettenham, Thorpe Farm; TL9484; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
14/06/1983 Sandringham Estate; TF6728; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "Near gates"
18/09/1983 Narborough, Narford Hall; TF7613; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
00/00/1984 Grimes Graves; TL8189; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
13/05/1984 Frogshall, Fox Hills; TG2638; Poaceae; E.A. Ellis
19/05/1985 Santon Downham; TL8187; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
01/06/1986 Fordham; TL6099; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
31/08/1986 How Hill (Ludham); TG3719; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
04/06/1987 Sparham Pools; TG0718; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
11/07/1987 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
31/07/1987 Saxthorpe; TG1130; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
06/06/1988 Denver, Whin Common; TF6100; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
15/06/1988 Weybourne; TG1143; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
19/07/1988 Beetley, Roosting Hills; TF9818; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
05/08/1988 Norwich, University of East Anglia; TG1907; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
08/10/1989 Grimston Carr; TF7323; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
25/05/1990 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site; TL8294; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
13/06/1990 Surlingham; TG3205; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
24/06/1990 Beetley, Roosting Hills; TF9818; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
24/10/1990 Pensthorpe, Fakenham; TF9429; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
02/11/1990 Thompson Common; TL9396; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
15/03/1991 Sheringham Park; TG1441; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
12/05/1991 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site; TL8294; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
10/06/1991 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
16/06/1991 East Wretham Heath; TL9088; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
12/10/1991 Holt Hall; TG0739; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
15/11/1991 Stanford, churchyard (STANTA); TL8594; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
06/05/1992 East Wretham, Peddar's Way; TL9480; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
26/06/1992 Wymondham, The Lizard; TG1201; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
08/07/1992 Hickling Broad; TG4122; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
11/06/1993 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site; TL8294; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
14/07/1993 Burnham Overy Staithe; TF8244; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
11/08/1994 Little Massingham; TF7823; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
28/11/1994 Bodney, Hopton Point (STANTA); TL8697; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
15/05/1995 Mattishall, Bingham Meadow; TG0412; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
18/06/1995 Barney Wood; TF9833; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
30/06/1996 Buxton Heath, Hevingham; TG1721; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
09/07/1996 Welney (WWT); TL5594; Poaceae; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
21/09/1996 Foxley Wood; TG0523; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
24/09/1996 Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood; TM1498; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
01/07/1997 Mattishall; TG0510; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
01/07/1997 Welborne; TG0609; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
26/04/1998 Corpusty; TG1130; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
31/05/1998 Hockering Wood; TG0714; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
13/06/1998 Holt Country Park; TG0838; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
15/06/1998 Welborne; TG0609; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
12/08/1999 Welborne; TG0609; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
15/08/1999 Beeston Regis Common; TG1642; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
17/10/1999 Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood; TM1498; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
30/09/2000 Bodney Warren (STANTA); TL8496; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
15/10/2000 Kelling Heath; TG1041; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
13/05/2001 Welney; TL5395; Populus alba; wood chips; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
26/05/2001 Welborne; TG0609; S. Frost; S. Frost; R.E. Evans
28/05/2001 Welney; TL525948; wood chips; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
31/05/2002 Welney; TL5395; wood chips; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
01/06/2002 Welney; TL525948; wood chips; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
08/06/2002 Brandon Parva; TG0708; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
20/11/2002 Welborne; TG0609; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
00/05/2007 Hunworth; TG063361; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; "wet meadow"
15/05/2010 Ringstead Downs; TF6940; foray; Tony Leech
15/08/2010 Edgefield; TG083346; soil, turf; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
22/04/2012 Welney; TL525948; wood chips; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
14/05/2012 Holt Hall; TG0739; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
16/07/2012 Titchwell RSPB; TF7544; Joseph Hubbard; Tony Leech
16/10/2012 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL7795; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
01/06/2013 Lenwade, Dinosaur Park; TG1017; Joseph Hubbard; Tony Leech
12/06/2013 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL7795; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
29/06/2013 Foxley Wood; TG0422; foray; Tony Leech
21/09/2013 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF9030; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
30/04/2014 Holt Hall; TG078397; soil; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
14/06/2015 Syderstone Common; TF8331; Keith Fox; Neil Mahler
08/04/2016 Brancaster, Barrow Common; TF790430; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
12/05/2019 Buckenham Carrs; TG3605; soil, turf; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
12/05/2019 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery West; TG205087; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
15/06/2019 Welney (WWT); TL545946; soil, turf; Mark Joy; Tony Leech
19/04/2020 Welney; TL525948; wood chips; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
19/04/2020 Welney; TL525948; wood chips; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
16/05/2020 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG212088; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
05/07/2020 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF673338; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
15/07/2020 Titchwell RSPB; TF750446; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
16/07/2020 Sedgeford; TF719359; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
05/03/2021 Old Hunstanton; TF686427; rough grass; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
24/03/2021 Snettisham Common; TF673337; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
01/04/2021 Hunstanton Park; TF701413; Fagus sylvatica; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
22/05/2021 Beeston Regis Common; TG1642; soil; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty
25/05/2021 Hunstanton; TF675405; rough grass; Keith Fox; Keith Fox; "In front garden"
28/05/2021 Sedgeford Belt; TF714387; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
29/05/2021 Crostwick; TG2516; soil; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett; "Habitat noted as grass"
02/06/2021 Welney; TL525948; wood chips; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
11/06/2021 Foxley Wood; TG0422; litter, deciduous; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett; Lit. cited: 77
27/06/2021 Sedgeford; TF718368; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
02/07/2021 Sedgeford; TF704367; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
03/07/2021 Fakenham; TF910307; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
08/07/2021 Ringstead; TF701400; soil; Steve Judd; Steve Judd
24/08/2021 Titchwell RSPB; TF755440; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
14/03/2022 Roydon; TF698229; brashings; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
19/04/2022 Glandford, Bayfield Estate; TG048405; compost in plant pot; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
07/05/2022 Sandringham Estate; TF692290; wood chip; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
02/06/2022 Flitcham, Abbey Farm; TF742275; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
02/06/2022 Ingoldisthorpe; TF682325; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
03/09/2022 Houghton; TF774290; buried wood; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
17/11/2022 Sandringham Estate; TF696285; wood chip; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
25/11/2022 Docking, churchyard; TF765370; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Id confirmed with spores"
07/04/2023 Sedgeford; TF704367; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
16/04/2023 Sandringham Estate; TF6928; soil; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty; Jenny Kelly
16/04/2023 Sedgeford; TF723384; grass; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; " Spores examined"; Lit. cited: 216
26/04/2023 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF726405; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; " Spores examined"; Lit. cited: 216
30/04/2023 Thompson Common; TL9396; grass; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
01/05/2023 Hunstanton; TF6740; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
01/05/2023 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG212088; grass; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
06/05/2023 Upton Fen; TG3813; soil; Lorraine Auton; Yvonne Mynett
14/05/2023 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF7340; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
15/05/2023 Briston; TG049329; Cornus; soil; Margaret Ford; Margaret Ford; "Identified by Royal Horticultural Society"
17/05/2023 Heacham; TF685374; wood chip; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"

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