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Dissingia leucomelaena (Sooty Cup)
(Pers.) K. Hansen & X.H. Wang 2019
Ascomycota > Pezizomycetes > Pezizales > Helvellaceae
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Holkham Meals East TF9045Honingham Fen TG0912Swanton Novers Great Wood TG0032Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site TL821941Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site TL8294Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site TL821941Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site TL8294Norwich city TG2005Thorpe Woodlands TL947837Sedgeford TF730350Weeting Heath TL757880Holkham Meals West TF8645Hilborough (STANTA) TF8300Ickburgh Fields TL821966Thorpe St Andrew TG2808Holt TG083394Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL773951Holt TG083394Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL773951

Summary

20 records from 14 different sites
Years (# of records): 1977 (1) 1978 (1) 1986 (1) 1994 (2) 1998 (2) 2005 (1) 2015 (1) 2017 (1) 2018 (1) 2019 (1) 2022 (1) 2023 (5) 2024 (2)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Helvella leucomelaena
Associations: Cupressus; Pinus; Pinus radiata; Pinus sylvestris
Substrates: sandy soil; soil; soil, sand; soil, sandy
Finders: H. Aldridge; Ian Senior; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Jonathan Revett; Mark Joy; R.E. Evans; Rachel Richmond; Steve Judd; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley
Identifiers: A.R. Leech; Ian Senior; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Jonathan Revett; Mark Joy; R.E. Evans; Rachel Richmond; Steve Judd; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley
Confirmers: Tony Leech; Tony Leech/Jonathan Revett; Tony Moverley
Comments: '14 cups in same area where I found 19 on 23.3.2019.'; '19 fbs'; '30 fbs growing near several Pines. Key to British Species of Helvella, Spooner, B., www.ascofrance.com & FTE'; 'BMS foray. On damp ground'; 'c. 20 fbs growing near several Pines in same area as last year'; 'Confirmed from photo'; 'determined microscopically'; 'lawn under dwarf Cupressus'

Record Details

20/05/1977 Holkham Meals East; TF9045; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "BMS foray. On damp ground"; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
00/05/1978 Honingham Fen; TG0912; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
21/10/1986 Swanton Novers Great Wood; TG0032; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
22/03/1994 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL821941; Pinus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
22/03/1994 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site; TL8294; Pinus radiata; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
30/03/1998 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL821941; Pinus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
30/03/1998 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site; TL8294; Pinus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
03/03/2005 Norwich city; TG2005; Cupressus; H. Aldridge; A.R. Leech; "lawn under dwarf Cupressus"; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
05/04/2015 Thorpe Woodlands; TL947837; Pinus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
26/02/2017 Sedgeford; TF730350; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
05/04/2018 Weeting Heath; TL757880; soil, sandy; James Emerson; James Emerson; "determined microscopically"; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
23/03/2019 Holkham Meals West; TF8645; sandy soil; Mark Joy; Mark Joy; Tony Leech/Jonathan Revett; "19 fbs"; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
26/01/2022 Holkham Meals West; TF870456; soil, sand; Mark Joy; Mark Joy; "14 cups in same area where I found 19 on 23.3.2019."; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
; Additional NotesHabitat noted as sandy soil in Pines.

25/03/2023 Hilborough (STANTA); TF8300; Pinus; soil; Rachel Richmond; Rachel Richmond; Tony Leech; "Confirmed from photo"; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
01/04/2023 Ickburgh Fields; TL821966; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
08/04/2023 Thorpe St Andrew; TG2808; soil; Steve Judd; Steve Judd; Tony Leech; [as Helvella leucomelaena]; Lit. cited: 222;98
09/04/2023 Holt; TG083394; Tony Moverley; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley; "30 fbs growing near several Pines. Key to British Species of Helvella, Spooner, B., www.ascofrance.com & FTE"; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
14/04/2023 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL773951; Pinus sylvestris; soil; Tony Leech; Tony Leech; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
23/03/2024 Holt; TG083394; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley; "c. 20 fbs growing near several Pines in same area as last year"; [as Helvella leucomelaena]
28/03/2024 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL773951; Pinus sylvestris; soil; Tony Leech; Tony Leech; [as Helvella leucomelaena]

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