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Aspropaxillus giganteus (Giant Funnel)
(Sowerby) Kühner & Maire 1934
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Tricholomataceae
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Ashwicken Hall TF7018Bacton Woods TG3131Bergh Apton TG3002Blakeney TG0243Bridgham Picnic Site TL9683Burnham Overy Dunes TF8545Castle Rising TF6624Clippesby TG4214Cranworth TF9804Danby Wood, Tuckswood (Norwich) TG2205Easton Estate TG1411Felthorpe TG1719Flordon Common TM1897Foxley Wood TG0523Grimes Graves TL8190Holt, Gresham's School TG0839Honing TG3227Honingham TG1010Ingoldisthorpe Common TF6831King's Lynn, Spring Wood TF6422Mannington TG1531North Burlingham Woods TG3610North Tuddenham Common TG0314Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East TG2108Pott Row, Pottrow Woods TF6921Ringstead, Courtyard Farm TF7340Roydon Common TF6722Sandringham Estate TF6828Snettisham TF6834Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate TF6734Stanford Training Area (STANTA) TL8495Thompson Common TL9396Thompson, Waterhouse Plantation (STANTA) TL9094Thursford, Brett's Wood TF9632Wayland Wood, Watton TL9299Weeting, Emily's Wood TL7989

Summary

39 records from 36 different sites
Years (# of records): 1976 (2) 1977 (1) 1978 (1) 1979 (1) 1982 (1) 1983 (1) 1986 (1) 1987 (2) 1990 (1) 1991 (1) 1992 (1) 1993 (1) 1998 (1) 2000 (1) 2002 (1) 2004 (1) 2006 (1) 2008 (1) 2010 (1) 2012 (2) 2017 (1) 2018 (1) 2019 (4) 2020 (4) 2022 (3) 2023 (1) 2024 (2)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Leucopaxillus giganteus
Associations: Angiospermae; Castanea sativa; Corylus avellana; Quercus
Substrates: conifer litter; leaf litter; soil; soil, turf
Finders: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Bill Boardman; foray; Ian Senior; J. Metcalf; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Joseph Hubbard; Keith Fox; P. Batchelor; R.E. Evans; S. Lake; Steve Pinnington; Tony Leech; Trevor Dove
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Ian Senior; J. Metcalf; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Joseph Hubbard; Keith Fox; P. Batchelor; R.E. Evans; S. Lake; Tony Leech; Trevor Dove; Yvonne Mynett
Confirmer: R.E. Evans
Comments: '2 large rings'; 'A fairly complete 10m wide ring'; 'grassy verge'; 'ID confirmed with spores'; 'in grass'; 'In hedgerow and verge by roadside. Colony of 9'; 'On roadside in grass'

Record Details

20/09/1976 Honingham; TG1010; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "In hedgerow and verge by roadside. Colony of 9"; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
26/09/1976 Bacton Woods; TG3131; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
02/10/1977 Flordon Common; TM1897; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
22/09/1978 Wayland Wood, Watton; TL9299; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
25/08/1979 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
00/10/1982 Cranworth; TF9804; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans; "On roadside in grass"; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
23/09/1983 Clippesby; TG4214; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
25/10/1986 Weeting, Emily's Wood; TL7989; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
03/10/1987 Bridgham Picnic Site; TL9683; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
08/11/1987 North Tuddenham Common; TG0314; S. Lake; S. Lake; R.E. Evans; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
27/10/1990 Easton Estate; TG1411; J. Metcalf; J. Metcalf; R.E. Evans; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
30/10/1991 Thompson Common; TL9396; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
03/09/1992 Foxley Wood; TG0523; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
22/10/1993 Ashwicken Hall; TF7018; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
30/08/1998 Mannington; TG1531; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
30/09/2000 Thompson, Waterhouse Plantation (STANTA); TL9094; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
24/09/2002 Stanford Training Area (STANTA); TL8495; P. Batchelor; P. Batchelor; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
01/11/2004 Danby Wood, Tuckswood (Norwich); TG2205; Angiospermae; soil; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
07/09/2006 Blakeney; TG021433; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; "grassy verge"; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
02/12/2008 Bergh Apton; TG304020; Bill Boardman; Tony Leech; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
22/10/2010 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF677342; foray; Tony Leech; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
00/09/2012 Castle Rising; TF6624; Joseph Hubbard; Joseph Hubbard; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
15/09/2012 King's Lynn, Spring Wood; TF6422; foray; Tony Leech; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
18/10/2017 Honing; TG3227; foray; Tony Leech; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
15/09/2018 Grimes Graves; TL8190; soil, turf; Tony Leech; Tony Leech; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
05/01/2019 Burnham Overy Dunes; TF858457; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
29/09/2019 Ingoldisthorpe Common; TF683317; soil, turf; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
12/10/2019 North Burlingham Woods; TG3610; conifer litter; Steve Pinnington; Yvonne Mynett; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
03/11/2019 Sandringham Estate; TF682287; Quercus; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "2 large rings"; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
20/10/2020 Thursford, Brett's Wood; TF970330; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
30/10/2020 Thursford, Brett's Wood; TF968328; leaf litter; Keith Fox; Keith Fox; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
14/11/2020 Pott Row, Pottrow Woods; TF693212; Corylus avellana; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
21/11/2020 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG212088; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; "in grass"; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
24/09/2022 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF7340; Castanea sativa; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
29/09/2022 Felthorpe; TG170190; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
15/10/2022 Roydon Common; TF676225; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
09/11/2023 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF676349; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox; "A fairly complete 10m wide ring"; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
04/10/2024 Sandringham Estate; TF696285; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]
; Additional NotesSite recorded as Sandringham House Gardens

06/10/2024 Snettisham; TF689342; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; [as Leucopaxillus giganteus]

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