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Bovista nigrescens (Brown Puffball)
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Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Agaricaceae
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Aldeby Wood TM4493Bagthorpe TF7932Blakeney TG0244Blakeney Point TG0146Bodney Warren (STANTA) TL8496Bodney, Hopton Point (STANTA) TL8697Bradenham TF9108Brancaster, Barrow Common TF7943Brettenham Heath TL9286Bridgham Picnic Site TL9683Bridgham, Stonehouse Farm TL9685Brooke Wood TM2698Buckenham Carrs TG3605Buckenham Tofts, Robin's Lodge Range (STANTA) TL8596Caister-on-Sea TG5212Corpusty TG1130Coston, Skipping Block TG0705Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL7795Dersingham Bog TF6829East Tuddenham, Hillcrest TG0912East Wretham Heath TL9191Easton Estate TG1411Felbrigg Great Wood TG1939Felthorpe Woods TG1416Filby Broad TG4713Flordon Common TM1897Foulden Common TF7600Great Massingham, Massingham Heath TF7920Great Yarmouth, North Denes TG5309Grimes Graves TL8190Hockering Wood TG0714Hoe Rough, Beetley TF9716Holkham Meals East TF8945Holkham Meals West TF8845Holme Dunes TF7144Honingham Fen TG0912Horsford, Broadland Country Park TG1818Horstead, Heggatt Hall TG2718Lenwade Pits TG1018Leziate Pits TF6818Little Ellingham, Goose Common TL9998Lynford TL8592Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site TL8294Mattishall, churchyard TG0510Narborough, Narford Hall TF7613New Buckenham Common TM0990Norwich city TG2205Norwich, Chapel Break TG1609Norwich, Mousehold Heath TG2410Old Catton, Catton Park TG2211Pott Row, Pottrow Woods TF6921Repps-with-Bastwick TG4217Ringstead Downs TF6940Ringstead, Courtyard Farm TF7240Roydon Common TF6722Roydon, Hudson's Fen TF6922Sandringham Estate TF6928Santon Downham TL8187Saxlingham Green TM2496Saxthorpe Woods TG1132Sheringham Park TG1341Snettisham Beach TF6530Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate TF6735Sparham Pools TG0718Stow Bardolph TF6305Swanton Novers Great Wood TG0032Thetford TL9082Thetford, Barnham Cross Common TL8681Thetford, The Nunnery (BTO) TL8781Thompson Common TL9396Weeting Heath TL7688Wendling, Honeypot Wood TF9314West Acre TF7714West Tofts, Prince Albert Plantations (STANTA) TL8594Winterton Dunes TG4919Yaxham TG0010

Summary

118 records from 81 different sites
Years (# of records): 0 (5) 1856 (1) 1866 (1) 1937 (3) 1957 (1) 1961 (1) 1978 (2) 1979 (2) 1980 (1) 1981 (2) 1982 (3) 1983 (2) 1984 (2) 1985 (3) 1988 (3) 1989 (2) 1990 (5) 1991 (3) 1992 (5) 1993 (4) 1994 (1) 1996 (1) 1997 (1) 1998 (4) 1999 (3) 2001 (2) 2002 (4) 2003 (2) 2009 (1) 2012 (2) 2014 (1) 2015 (2) 2016 (2) 2017 (3) 2018 (1) 2019 (2) 2020 (3) 2021 (5) 2022 (7) 2023 (12) 2024 (5) 2025 (3)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Associations: Angiospermae; Centaurea nigra; Didymodon; Lapsana communis; Poaceae; Senecio squalidus
Substrates: brick wall; grass; live leaf; living leaf; sand; soil; soil, grassland; soil, turf
Finders: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Anne Crotty; Anon; E.A. Ellis; foray; G.J. Cooke; I. Ridge; Ian Senior; J. Williamson; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Keith Fox; Kirby Trimmer; Mike Ball; Neil Mahler; R. Bull; R.E. Evans; Richard Ward; Stewart Wright; Tim Doncaster; Tony Leech; Trevor Dove; Vicky Rusby
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; E.A. Ellis; I. Ridge; Ian Senior; Jenny Kelly; Keith Fox; Mike Ball; Neil Mahler; R.E. Evans; Stewart Wright; Tony Leech; Trevor Dove; Vicky Rusby
Confirmers: George Grieff; R.E. Evans
Comments: 'Habitat notes as grassland'; 'mown grass'; 'On sandy soil'; 'Source: CP List 1872'; 'Source: NCLF Part I'

Record Details

00/00/0000 Attlebridge; No Grid Ref; G.J. Cooke; "Source: NCLF Part I"; Lit. cited: 233
00/00/0000 Salthouse; No Grid Ref; G.J. Cooke; "Source: NCLF Part I"; Lit. cited: 233
00/00/0000 Saxlingham Green; No Grid Ref; G.J. Cooke; "Source: NCLF Part I"; Lit. cited: 233
00/00/0000 Taverham; No Grid Ref; G.J. Cooke; "Source: NCLF Part I"; Lit. cited: 233
00/00/0000 Unnamed Site; No Grid Ref; Anon; "Source: CP List 1872"; Lit. cited: 237;233
25/11/1856 Salhouse; No Grid Ref; Richard Ward; "Source: NCLF Part I"; Lit. cited: 233
00/00/1866 Norwich, Mousehold Heath; No Grid Ref; Kirby Trimmer; "Source: NCLF Part I"; Lit. cited: 233
00/00/1937 Norwich, Mousehold Heath; TG2410; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
00/00/1937 Salhouse; TG3115; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
00/00/1937 Saxlingham Green; TM2496; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
02/05/1957 Thetford; TL9082; E.A. Ellis
13/02/1961 East Wretham Heath; TL9188; E.A. Ellis
21/04/1978 Lenwade Pits; TG1018; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "On sandy soil"
08/10/1978 Aldeby Wood; TM4493; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
24/06/1979 Holkham Meals East; TF9045; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
07/10/1979 Felbrigg Great Wood; TG1939; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
30/06/1980 Honingham Fen; TG0912; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
29/03/1981 Mattishall, churchyard; TG0510; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
27/09/1981 Hockering Wood; TG0714; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
29/08/1982 Hockering Wood; TG0714; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
02/09/1982 Sparham Pools; TG0718; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
26/09/1982 Brooke Wood; TM2698; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
08/05/1983 Bridgham Picnic Site; TL9683; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
18/09/1983 Narborough, Narford Hall; TF7613; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
23/09/1984 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
05/10/1984 Saxthorpe Woods; TG1132; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
22/07/1985 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
25/08/1985 Lenwade Pits; TG1018; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
01/11/1985 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
10/04/1988 Wendling, Honeypot Wood; TF9314; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
24/07/1988 Grimes Graves; TL8189; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
30/10/1988 Holkham Meals East; TF8945; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
27/09/1989 Swanton Novers Great Wood; TG0032; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
12/10/1989 Sandringham Estate; TF6928; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
25/05/1990 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site; TL8294; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
16/06/1990 Leziate Pits; TF6818; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
26/08/1990 Horstead, Heggatt Hall; TG2718; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
28/09/1990 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
11/11/1990 Sandringham Estate; TF6928; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
25/10/1991 Easton Estate; TG1411; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
01/11/1991 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
15/11/1991 Buckenham Tofts, Robin's Lodge Range (STANTA); TL8596; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
17/04/1992 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
12/05/1992 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
26/07/1992 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
21/08/1992 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
24/08/1992 Yaxham; TG0010; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
15/04/1993 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
29/09/1993 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
10/10/1993 Santon Downham; TL8187; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
23/10/1993 Bodney, Hopton Point (STANTA); TL8697; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
18/09/1994 Filby Broad; TG4713; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
00/11/1996 Lynford; TL8592; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
28/06/1997 Norwich city; TG2205; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
26/04/1998 Corpusty; TG1130; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
23/08/1998 Thompson Common; TL9396; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
27/08/1998 Coston, Skipping Block; TG0705; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
11/09/1998 Caister-on-Sea; TG5212; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
25/04/1999 Corpusty; TG1132; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
02/10/1999 West Tofts, Prince Albert Plantations (STANTA); TL8594; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull
09/10/1999 Blakeney Point; TG0146; R. Bull; A.L. Bull
01/09/2001 Thetford, The Nunnery (BTO); TL8781; Angiospermae; soil; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
07/10/2001 Foulden Common; TF7600; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
00/00/2002 East Tuddenham, Hillcrest; TG091123; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull
20/10/2002 Weeting Heath; TL7688; Angiospermae; soil; Anon; A.L. Bull
02/11/2002 Leziate Pits; TF6818; Poaceae; soil; J. Williamson; A.L. Bull
21/11/2002 Winterton Dunes; TG4919; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull
28/10/2003 Holkham Meals West; TF8845; Poaceae; sand; I. Ridge; I. Ridge
21/11/2003 Bodney Warren (STANTA); TL8496; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull
04/11/2009 Flordon Common; TM1897; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull
14/10/2012 Sheringham Park; TG1341; foray; Tony Leech
10/11/2012 New Buckenham Common; TM0990; soil, turf; Neil Mahler; Neil Mahler
11/11/2014 Sheringham Park; TG139418; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
16/04/2015 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF727405; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
15/10/2015 Sheringham Park; TG1341; soil, turf; foray; Tony Leech
09/10/2016 Dersingham Bog; TF6829; foray; Tony Leech
30/10/2016 Sheringham Park; TG1341; foray; Tony Leech
12/03/2017 Old Catton, Catton Park; TG228118; James Emerson; Tony Leech
24/09/2017 East Wretham Heath; TL9191; foray; Tony Leech
12/10/2017 Sheringham Park; TG1341; foray; Tony Leech
15/09/2018 Grimes Graves; TL8190; soil, turf; Anne Crotty; Neil Mahler
12/10/2019 Holme Dunes; TF715449; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
02/11/2019 Thetford, Barnham Cross Common; TL8681; grass; Neil Mahler; Neil Mahler; VC26
19/09/2020 Little Ellingham, Goose Common; TL999985; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
24/09/2020 Thetford, Barnham Cross Common; TL863812; soil, turf; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; VC26
13/10/2020 Sandringham Estate; TF6928; soil, turf; foray; Tony Leech
03/07/2021 Great Yarmouth, North Denes; TG533097; sand; Vicky Rusby; Ian Senior
24/07/2021 Great Massingham, Massingham Heath; TF792208; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
07/08/2021 Brettenham Heath; TL929866; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; "Habitat notes as grassland"
09/10/2021 Holkham Meals West; TF876455; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
13/10/2021 Sandringham Estate; TF6928; soil; foray; Tony Leech; "mown grass"
20/02/2022 Bagthorpe; TF797322; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
02/04/2022 Ringstead Downs; TF694402; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
27/04/2022 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF670354; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
27/08/2022 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL772961; soil; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
03/09/2022 East Wretham Heath; TL9088; soil; Neil Mahler; Neil Mahler
10/11/2022 Dersingham Bog; TF665286; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
30/11/2022 Stow Bardolph; TF630059; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
08/01/2023 Blakeney; TG029441; Didymodon; brick wall; Mike Ball; Mike Ball; George Grieff
18/03/2023 Buckenham Carrs; TG3605; Lapsana communis; live leaf; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
29/03/2023 Roydon Common; TF679228; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
24/04/2023 Brancaster, Barrow Common; TF790430; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
03/05/2023 Repps-with-Bastwick; TG424176; Centaurea nigra; living leaf; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
08/05/2023 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF7340; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
20/05/2023 Horsford, Broadland Country Park; TG1818; Senecio squalidus; live leaf; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
09/07/2023 Roydon, Hudson's Fen; TF691220; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
11/08/2023 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL777958; soil; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
12/08/2023 Pott Row, Pottrow Woods; TF693213; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
16/09/2023 West Acre; TF7714; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
19/11/2023 Holkham Meals West; TF889450; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
10/02/2024 Bradenham; TF918088; soil; Tim Doncaster; Ian Senior
29/09/2024 East Wretham Heath; TL9188; soil, grassland; foray; Tony Leech
29/09/2024 East Wretham Heath; TL9188; soil, grassland; foray; Tony Leech
20/10/2024 Bridgham, Stonehouse Farm; TL9685; soil; Vicky Rusby; Vicky Rusby
09/11/2024 Norwich, Chapel Break; TG168099; soil, turf; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
08/09/2025 Roydon Common; TF679228; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
07/11/2025 Holkham Meals West; TF8845; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
30/11/2025 Snettisham Beach; TF650309; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly

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