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Hygrocybe mucronella (Bitter Waxcap)
(Fr.) P. Karst. 1879
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Hygrophoraceae
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Bergh Apton, Millenium Field TM3199Bodney Warren (STANTA) TL8496Castle Acre TF8115East Tuddenham, Hillcrest TG0912East Walton Common TF7316Felbrigg Park TG1939Grimes Graves TL8189Holme Dunes TF7144Holt, Gresham's School TG0839Holt, Old Rectory TG0739Horsey Dunes TG4623Horsford, Broadland Country Park TG1718Little Langford TL8397Little Plumstead, Ice House Plantation TG3110Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East TG2108Pensthorpe, Fakenham TF9429Stanford Training Area (STANTA) TL8796Waxham dunes TG4426

Summary

28 records from 18 different sites
Years (# of records): 1981 (1) 1988 (2) 1990 (2) 1992 (1) 1993 (1) 1995 (1) 1996 (1) 1997 (1) 1998 (3) 1999 (1) 2000 (1) 2001 (3) 2002 (1) 2003 (1) 2006 (1) 2007 (1) 2008 (1) 2015 (3) 2018 (1) 2025 (1)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Association: Poaceae
Substrates: soil; soil, sandy; soil, turf
Finders: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; foray; Ian Senior; J. Williamson; R.E. Evans; Richard Shotbolt; Trevor Dove; Yvonne Mynett
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; R.E. Evans; Richard Shotbolt; Sean Cooch; Tony Leech; Trevor Dove; Yvonne Mynett
Confirmer: R.E. Evans
Comments: 'In coarse grassland'; 'In meadow'; 'Very bitter'

Record Details

07/10/1981 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
24/07/1988 Grimes Graves; TL8189; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "In coarse grassland"
22/10/1988 Horsford, Broadland Country Park; TG1718; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "In meadow"
21/10/1990 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
24/10/1990 Pensthorpe, Fakenham; TF9429; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
30/10/1992 Little Langford; TL8397; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
10/10/1993 Waxham dunes; TG4426; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
31/10/1995 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
19/10/1996 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
23/09/1997 Holt, Old Rectory; TG0739; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
24/09/1998 Holt, Old Rectory; TG0739; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
11/10/1998 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
17/10/1998 Stanford Training Area (STANTA); TL8796; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull
10/10/1999 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
20/10/2000 Bodney Warren (STANTA); TL8496; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
24/10/2001 Castle Acre; TF8115; J. Williamson; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
24/10/2001 East Walton Common; TF7316; J. Williamson; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans
27/10/2001 Holme Dunes; TF7144; Poaceae; soil, sandy; Richard Shotbolt; Richard Shotbolt; "Very bitter"
00/00/2002 East Tuddenham, Hillcrest; TG091123; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull
29/10/2003 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; Poaceae; soil; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove
00/10/2006 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0939; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
18/10/2007 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
16/10/2008 Felbrigg Park; TG1939; foray; Tony Leech
04/10/2015 Little Plumstead, Ice House Plantation; TG3110; foray; Tony Leech
25/10/2015 Bergh Apton, Millenium Field; TM312997; soil, turf; foray; Tony Leech
28/10/2015 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG212086; soil, turf; Ian Senior; Tony Leech
30/11/2018 Horsey Dunes; TG4623; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
13/11/2025 Felbrigg Park; TG192394; foray; Sean Cooch

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