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Dissingia leucomelaena (Sooty Cup)
(Pers.) K. Hansen & X.H. Wang 2019
Ascomycota > Pezizomycetes > Pezizales > Helvellaceae
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Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL7795Hilborough (STANTA) TF8300Holkham Meals East TF9045Holkham Meals West TF8645Holt TG0839Honingham Fen TG0912Ickburgh Fields TL8296Lynford Arboretum & Picnic Site TL8294Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site TL8294Norwich city TG2005Sedgeford TF7335Swanton Novers Great Wood TG0032Thorpe St Andrew TG2808Thorpe Woodlands TL9483Weeting Heath TL7588

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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