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Geastrum coronatum (Crowned Earthstar)
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Norwich city TG2310Rockland St. Mary TG3204Intwood TG1904Rockland St. Mary TG3204Norwich city TG221058Norton Subcourse TM4098Holt Country Park TG0838Brundall TG3108Holt Country Park TG0838Earsham TM3290Norwich city TG2205Gayton TF7419Cockley Cley TF7804Keswick Old Hall TG2004Saxthorpe Woods TG1132Norwich city TG2207Holt Country Park TG0838Norwich city TG2205Wortwell, Broadwash Farm TM2785Holkham Meals West TF8845Wortwell, Broadwash Farm TM2785Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site TL828874Wolferton TF660286Ditchingham TM324916Ickburgh, High Ash TL810967Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site TL828874East Bilney TF953191Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site TL828874Holkham Meals West TF8745Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site TL828874Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site TL8294Cawston TG1324Holme Dunes TF7145Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site TL828874Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site TL820941Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site TL828874Scolt Head Island TF807466Winterton Dunes TG4919Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site TL821941Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site TL828874Holme Dunes TF715449Snettisham TF691342Little Plumstead TG307109Blofield TG335091Merton TL907987Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site TL8294Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site TL828874Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site TL821941Sandringham Estate TF6928Little Plumstead, Church woods TG306109Blofield TG335091Holme, Bird Observatory TF717450Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site TL822939Snettisham TF691343Cockley Cley TF796048Snettisham TF691343Gooderstone Water Gardens TF766022Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site TL828874Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site TL821941Ringland TG125151Salthouse Heath TG077416Holt Country Park TG082371Great Bircham TF769322Ringland TG125151Holme Dunes TF707446

Summary

78 records from 37 different sites
Years (# of records): 1864 (1) 1867 (1) 1880 (1) 1923 (1) 1979 (1) 1980 (3) 1998 (3) 1999 (3) 2000 (6) 2001 (3) 2002 (1) 2003 (3) 2009 (1) 2010 (4) 2011 (1) 2012 (2) 2013 (1) 2014 (1) 2015 (1) 2016 (1) 2017 (4) 2018 (3) 2019 (4) 2020 (11) 2021 (7) 2022 (3) 2023 (1) 2024 (6)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Geaster limbatus
Associations: Acer pseudoplatanus; Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; Crataegus; Crataegus monogyna; Cupressus; Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii; Fagus; Fraxinus; Hedera helix; Pinus; Pinus sylvestris; Prunus cerasifera; Quercus ilex; Rubus fruticosus agg.; Taxus baccata
Substrates: conifer litter; litter, coniferous; sand; soil; soil (conifer litter)
Finders: A.R. Leech; Andy Bloomfield; Anne Crotty; anon; Ash Murray; Baz Scampion; Charles B. Plowright; Dorothy Cheyne; E.A. Ellis; Gary Hibberd; Gill Judd; Ian Senior; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Jonathan Revett; Keith Fox; Kevin Walker; Kirby Trimmer; Mark Joy; Steve Judd; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley; Trevor Dove; Vanna Bartlett
Identifiers: A.R. Leech; Anne Crotty; Ash Murray; E.A. Ellis; Gill Judd; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Jonathan Revett; Keith Fox; Kevin Walker; Mark Joy; Steve Judd; Tony Leech; Tony Moverley; Trevor Dove; Vanna Bartlett
Confirmers: Jonathan Revett; Neil Mahler; Trevor Dove
Comments: '1 fruitbody'; '10 fruitbodies'; '11 fruitbodies. JR confirmed by photos on NFSG FB group.'; '24+ fruitbodies'; '6 fbs'; '8 Fruitbodies'; 'About 10 dried specimens on bank of green lane below the hedge'; 'Association noted as Chamaecyparis leylandii'; 'Association noted as Cyparocupressus lawsoniana'; 'Below old sycamore on roadside verge'; 'ID confirmed with spores'; 'In same location as 14th Oct 2023'; 'old fruiting bodies'; 'On a hedge-bank. Source: NCLF Part I'; 'Quercus nearby'; 'Single fruitbody found unattached, and identified by Jonathan Revett from photo on NFSG FB group.'; 'Small group on road bank outside a house'; 'Source: NCLF Part I'; 'Under beech'; 'Under lilac'; 'Under oak'; 'under Pines'; 'Under yew'; 'Very dried specimen.'

Record Details

00/00/1864 Attlebridge; No Grid Ref; Kirby Trimmer; "On a hedge-bank. Source: NCLF Part I"; [as Geaster limbatus]; Lit. cited: 233
00/00/1867 Skeyton; No Grid Ref; Kirby Trimmer; "Source: NCLF Part I"; [as Geaster limbatus]; Lit. cited: 233
14/10/1880 Hillington; No Grid Ref; Charles B. Plowright; "Source: NCLF Part I"; [as Geaster limbatus]; Lit. cited: 233
; Additional NotesSite recorded as Swaffham Road, Hillington

00/00/1923 Norwich city; TG2310; E.A. Ellis
00/11/1979 Rockland St. Mary; TG3204; Crataegus; soil; anon; E.A. Ellis
00/00/1980 Rockland St. Mary; TG3204; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
16/01/1980 Intwood; TG1904; E.A. Ellis
22/11/1980 Rockland St. Mary; TG3204; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis
14/09/1998 Norwich city; TG221058; Pinus sylvestris; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "6 fbs"
14/09/1998 Norwich city; TG2105; Pinus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "8 Fruitbodies"
12/11/1998 Norton Subcourse; TM4098; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
19/09/1999 Holt Country Park; TG0838; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; Trevor Dove
28/09/1999 Brundall; TG3108; Fagus; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under beech"
29/12/1999 Holt Country Park; TG0838; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
26/04/2000 Earsham; TM3290; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under yew"
13/09/2000 Norwich city; TG2205; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
02/10/2000 Gayton; TF7419; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
11/10/2000 Cockley Cley; TF7804; Pinus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
03/11/2000 Keswick Old Hall; TG2004; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
17/12/2000 Saxthorpe Woods; TG1132; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under lilac"
02/06/2001 Norwich city; TG2207; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
02/06/2001 Norwich city; TG2205; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
23/09/2001 Holt Country Park; TG0838; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; "Under oak"
12/09/2002 Norwich city; TG2205; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
09/03/2003 Wortwell, Broadwash Farm; TM2785; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
28/10/2003 Holkham Meals West; TF8845; Quercus ilex; sand; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
02/11/2003 Wortwell, Broadwash Farm; TM2785; Fraxinus; soil; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
24/10/2009 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
00/09/2010 Wolferton; TF660286; Ash Murray; Ash Murray
14/09/2010 Ditchingham; TM324916; Dorothy Cheyne; Tony Leech
26/09/2010 Ickburgh, High Ash; TL810967; Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Association noted as Chamaecyparis leylandii"
23/10/2010 Ickburgh, High Ash; TL810967; Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; "Association noted as Chamaecyparis leylandii"
22/10/2011 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
06/10/2012 East Bilney; TF953191; Acer pseudoplatanus; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty; "Below old sycamore on roadside verge"
20/10/2012 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
19/10/2013 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
18/10/2014 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
00/04/2015 Holkham Meals West; TF8745; Andy Bloomfield; Tony Leech
26/10/2016 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
07/03/2017 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL8294; Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; soil (conifer litter); Mark Joy; Mark Joy
15/03/2017 Cawston; TG1324; Hedera helix; soil (conifer litter); Mark Joy; Mark Joy; "old fruiting bodies"
01/10/2017 Holme Dunes; TF7145; Pinus; soil; Keith Fox; Mark Joy
28/10/2017 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
27/01/2018 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL820941; Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; soil (conifer litter); James Emerson; James Emerson; "Association noted as Cyparocupressus lawsoniana"
18/10/2018 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL821941; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
27/12/2018 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
20/03/2019 Scolt Head Island; TF807466; Rubus fruticosus agg.; sand; Baz Scampion; Tony Leech
13/04/2019 Winterton Dunes; TG4919; Anne Crotty; Mark Joy; Jonathan Revett; "Very dried specimen."
13/10/2019 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL821941; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
28/10/2019 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
09/04/2020 Holme Dunes; TF715449; Gary Hibberd; Ash Murray; "1 fruitbody"
; Additional NotesGR: TF71514493

20/09/2020 Snettisham; TF691342; Taxus baccata; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jonathan Revett
01/10/2020 Little Plumstead; TG307109; Crataegus; soil; Gill Judd; Gill Judd
10/10/2020 Blofield; TG335091; Acer pseudoplatanus; soil; Steve Judd; Steve Judd; "Quercus nearby"
10/10/2020 Merton; TL907987; soil; Ian Senior; James Emerson; "Small group on road bank outside a house"
14/10/2020 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL8294; conifer litter; Mark Joy; Mark Joy
18/10/2020 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
19/10/2020 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL8187; soil; Mark Joy; Mark Joy
21/10/2020 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL821941; Cupressus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
28/10/2020 Sandringham Estate; TF6928; conifer litter; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
02/11/2020 Little Plumstead, Church woods; TG306109; Crataegus; soil; Gill Judd; Steve Judd
09/01/2021 Little Plumstead, Church woods; TG307109; Crataegus; Gill Judd; Gill Judd
22/01/2021 Blofield; TG335091; Steve Judd; Steve Judd
24/03/2021 Holme, Bird Observatory; TF717450; Keith Fox; Keith Fox; "under Pines"
11/10/2021 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL822939; Cupressus macrocarpa x Xanthocyparis nootkatensis = X Cuprocyparis leylandii; Mark Joy; Mark Joy
; Additional NotesAssociation originally recorded as x Cupressocyparis leylandii

16/10/2021 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL828874; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
22/10/2021 Snettisham; TF691343; Taxus baccata; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
26/10/2021 Cockley Cley; TF796048; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
12/02/2022 Snettisham; TF691343; Taxus baccata; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
22/03/2022 Gooderstone Water Gardens; TF766022; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; Neil Mahler; "ID confirmed with spores"
21/10/2022 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL828874; litter, coniferous; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
19/10/2023 Lynford Arboretum & Picnic site; TL821941; litter, coniferous; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett
14/01/2024 Ringland; TG125151; Prunus cerasifera; soil; Vanna Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; "24+ fruitbodies"
; Additional NotesSite recorded as Morton-on-the-Hill, Ringland Lane

18/02/2024 Salthouse Heath; TG077416; Tony Moverley; Tony Moverley; Jonathan Revett; "11 fruitbodies. JR confirmed by photos on NFSG FB group."
23/02/2024 Holt Country Park; TG082371; soil; Tony Moverley; Tony Leech; "In same location as 14th Oct 2023"
31/03/2024 Great Bircham; TF769322; Crataegus monogyna; soil; Kevin Walker; Kevin Walker; "About 10 dried specimens on bank of green lane below the hedge"
; Additional NotesGR: TF76923223

21/09/2024 Ringland; TG125151; Prunus cerasifera; soil; Vanna Bartlett; Vanna Bartlett; "10 fruitbodies"
; Additional NotesSite recorded as Morton-on-the-Hill, Ringland Lane

05/10/2024 Holme Dunes; TF707446; Gary Hibberd; Jonathan Revett; "Single fruitbody found unattached, and identified by Jonathan Revett from photo on NFSG FB group."
; Additional NotesGR: TF70724469

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