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Agrocybe praecox (Spring Fieldcap)
(Pers.) Fayod 1889
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Strophariaceae
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Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood TM1498Barney Wood TF9832Beeston Regis Common TG1642Beetley, Roosting Hills TF9818Bodney Warren (STANTA) TL8496Bodney, Hopton Point (STANTA) TL8697Brancaster, Barrow Common TF7943Brandon Parva TG0708Brettenham, Thorpe Farm TL9484Briston TG0432Buckenham Carrs TG3605Burnham Overy Staithe TF8244Buxton Heath, Hevingham TG1721Corpusty TG1130Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL7795Crostwick TG2516Denver, Whin Common TF6100Docking, churchyard TF7637East Harling, Big Wood TL9784East Wretham Heath TL9088East Wretham, Peddar's Way TL9480Edgefield TG0834Fakenham TF9130Felthorpe Woods TG1416Flitcham, Abbey Farm TF7427Fordham TL6099Foxley Wood TG0422Frogshall, Fox Hills TG2638Glandford, Bayfield Estate TG0440Grimes Graves TL8189Grimston Carr TF7323Heacham TF6837Hickling Broad TG4122Hockering Wood TG0714Hoe Rough, Beetley TF9716Holkham Meals East TF9045Holme Dunes TF7145Holt Country Park TG0838Holt Hall TG0739Houghton TF7729How Hill (Ludham) TG3719Hunstanton TF6740Hunstanton Park TF7041Hunworth TG0636Ingoldisthorpe TF6832Kelling Heath TG1041Lenwade, Dinosaur Park TG1017Little Massingham TF7823Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site TL8294Mattishall TG0510Mattishall, Bingham Meadow TG0412Melton Constable TG0432Narborough, Narford Hall TF7613New Buckenham Common TM0990North Barningham, churchyard TG1537Norwich, Bluebell Allotments (North) TG2008Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East TG2108Norwich, Earlham Cemetery West TG2008Norwich, University of East Anglia TG1907Old Hunstanton TF6842Pensthorpe, Fakenham TF9429Ringland TG1214Ringstead TF7040Ringstead Downs TF6940Ringstead, Courtyard Farm TF7240Roydon TF6922Sandringham Estate TF6728Santon Downham TL8187Saxthorpe TG1130Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF9030Sedgeford TF7036Sedgeford Belt TF7138Sheringham Park TG1441Snettisham Common TF6733Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate TF6733Sparham Pools TG0718Stanford, churchyard (STANTA) TL8594Stanhoe, Dreamy Hollow Campsite TF7934Surlingham TG3205Swanton Novers Great Wood TG0032Syderstone Common TF8331Thompson Common TL9396Titchwell RSPB TF7544Tittleshall, Eastfield Wood TF9021Upton Fen TG3813Welborne TG0609Welney TL5294Welney (WWT) TL5594Weybourne TG1143Wymondham, The Lizard TG1201

Summary

136 records from 93 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) 2024 (12)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Agaricus arrhenii; Pholiota praecox; Pholiota togularis
Associations: Cornus; Fagus sylvatica; grass; Hyacinthoides non-scripta; Poaceae; Populus alba
Substrates: brashings; buried wood; compost in plant pot; grass; litter, deciduous; rough grass; soil; soil, grassland; soil, turf; wood chip; wood chips; woodchip path
Finders: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Anne Crotty; Anon; BMS foray; Donna Welch; E.A. Ellis; foray; Ian Senior; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Jonathan Revett; Joseph Hubbard; Keith Fox; Lorraine Auton; Margaret Ford; Mark Joy; R.E. Evans; S. Frost; Steve Judd; Tony Leech; Vanna Bartlett; Yvonne Mynett
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Anne Crotty; Ian Senior; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; 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 & cheilocystidia checked'; '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;234
; 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;234
; 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; TF9832; 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"
05/04/2024 Melton Constable; TG049329; soil; Donna Welch; Tony Leech
06/04/2024 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF726405; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "spores examined"
10/04/2024 Norwich, Bluebell Allotments (North); TG204081; woodchip path; Vanna Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
13/04/2024 Sandringham Estate; TF690290; wood chip; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "spores examined"
17/04/2024 Stanhoe, Dreamy Hollow Campsite; TF796345; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
04/05/2024 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG210086; grass; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; "Spores & cheilocystidia checked"; Lit. cited: 132
07/05/2024 North Barningham, churchyard; TG150371; Hyacinthoides non-scripta; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; "Spores & cheilocystidia checked"; Lit. cited: 132
11/05/2024 Hunstanton; TF6740; soil, grassland; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
24/05/2024 New Buckenham Common; TM095907; grass; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; "Spores & cheilocystidia checked"; Lit. cited: 132
01/06/2024 Holme Dunes; TF716450; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "spores examined"
02/06/2024 Ringland; TG123141; grass; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
25/11/2024 Norwich, Bluebell Allotments (North); TG204081; woodchip path; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett

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