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Agrocybe molesta (Bearded Fieldcap)
(Lasch) Singer 1978
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Strophariaceae
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Arminghall TG2504Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood TM1498Barnham Broom TG0807Carleton St. Peter TG3503Cockthorpe Common TF9842East Tuddenham, Hillcrest TG0912Eccles Road TM0289Foxley Wood TG0422Grimes Graves TL8189Heacham, South beach TF6535Heckingham, churchyard TM3898Hindolveston TG0329Hockering Wood TG0714Honingham, Butcher's Hill TG1011Honingham, Warren Wood TG0911Old Hunstanton TF6842Pensthorpe, Fakenham TF9429Quidenham TM0289Ringstead, Courtyard Farm TF7340Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF9030Sedgeford TF7036Sheringham Park TG1441Shotesham TM2598Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate TF6734Weeting TL7986Welborne TG0609Welney TL5294Welney (WWT) TL5594Whitlingham TG2707Wilby TM0390

Summary

46 records from 30 different sites
Years (# of records): 1977 (1) 1978 (1) 1979 (1) 1982 (1) 1984 (1) 1987 (1) 1990 (2) 1992 (2) 1994 (1) 1997 (3) 1998 (2) 1999 (2) 2000 (2) 2001 (2) 2002 (3) 2003 (1) 2004 (1) 2010 (1) 2012 (1) 2020 (1) 2021 (1) 2022 (2) 2023 (1) 2024 (4) 2025 (8)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Agrocybe erebia
Associations: grass; Poaceae
Substrates: soil; soil, sand; soil, turf
Finders: A.L. Bull; Anne Crotty; Ian Senior; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Jonathan Revett; Joseph Hubbard; Keith Fox; R.E. Evans; S. Frost
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; Anne Crotty; Ian Senior; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Jonathan Revett; Keith Fox; R.E. Evans; S. Frost; Tony Leech
Confirmers: Jeremy Bartlett; R.E. Evans
Comments: 'On sandy ground'; 'Recorded as Agrocybe erebia with an English name of Bearded Fieldcap so though to be more approriate than Cyclocybe erebia as the preferred name'; 'Spores & cheilocystidia checked'; 'Spores examined'

Record Details

00/09/1977 Honingham, Warren Wood; TG0911; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "On sandy ground"
00/07/1978 Honingham, Butcher's Hill; TG1011; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
00/06/1979 Barnham Broom; TG0807; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
00/06/1982 Honingham, Butcher's Hill; TG1011; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
00/00/1984 Grimes Graves; TL8189; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
31/07/1987 Quidenham; TM0289; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
24/10/1990 Pensthorpe, Fakenham; TF9429; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
27/10/1990 Sheringham Park; TG1441; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
11/07/1992 Hockering Wood; TG0714; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
22/07/1992 Welborne; TG0609; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
31/07/1994 Cockthorpe Common; TF9842; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
15/06/1997 Welney; TL5395; Poaceae; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
23/06/1997 Welney; TL525948; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Recorded as Agrocybe erebia with an English name of Bearded Fieldcap so though to be more approriate than Cyclocybe erebia as the preferred name"; [as Agrocybe erebia]; VC29
23/06/1997 Welney (WWT); TL5594; Poaceae; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
28/05/1998 Welney; TL5395; Poaceae; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
08/06/1998 Welney; TL525948; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; VC29
05/06/1999 Welney; TL5395; Poaceae; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
17/10/1999 Ashwellthorpe Lower Wood; TM1498; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
21/05/2000 Welney; TL5395; Poaceae; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
21/05/2000 Welney; TL525948; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; VC29
16/05/2001 Welney; TL5395; Poaceae; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
26/05/2001 Welborne; TG0609; S. Frost; S. Frost; R.E. Evans
00/00/2002 East Tuddenham, Hillcrest; TG091123; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull
06/05/2002 Welney; TL528940; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
15/07/2002 Welney; TL5395; Poaceae; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
08/06/2003 Welney; TL527937; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; VC29
10/05/2004 Welney; TL527937; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; VC29
16/06/2010 Whitlingham; TG272075; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty
16/07/2012 Hindolveston; TG031293; soil, turf; Joseph Hubbard; Tony Leech; "Recorded as Agrocybe erebia with an English name of Bearded Fieldcap so though to be more approriate than Cyclocybe erebia as the preferred name"; [as Agrocybe erebia]
21/06/2020 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF733401; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
31/05/2021 Heacham, South beach; TF658357; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
11/09/2022 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF7340; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
12/11/2022 Old Hunstanton; TF688422; soil, sand; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
16/08/2023 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF900304; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
18/05/2024 Sedgeford; TF7036; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
27/05/2024 Eccles Road; TM023897; grass; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
27/05/2024 Wilby; TM033906; grass; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; "Spores & cheilocystidia checked"; Lit. cited: 132
05/06/2024 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF676349; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
04/06/2025 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF676349; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
06/06/2025 Weeting; TL796869; grass; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; VC26
13/07/2025 Foxley Wood; TG048226; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; Jeremy Bartlett
25/07/2025 Shotesham; TM258982; grass; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
25/07/2025 Heckingham, churchyard; TM384988; grass; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
25/07/2025 Shotesham; TM255982; grass; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
25/07/2025 Carleton St. Peter; TG351035; grass; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
25/07/2025 Arminghall; TG252042; grass; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett

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