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Lycoperdon utriforme (Mosaic Puffball)
Bull. 1790
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Agaricaceae
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Beetley, Roosting Hills TF9818Bergh Apton (BACT) TM3199Bergh Apton, Millenium Field TM3199Bintree Woods TG0022Blakeney Point TF9946Blickling Park TG1728Bodney, Hopton Point (STANTA) TL8697Brandon Parva TG0708Bridgham Picnic Site TL9683Burnham Overy Staithe TF8545Caister-on-Sea, dunes TG5214Corpusty Shooting Range TG1129Cranwich Camp TL7794East Winch Common TF6916East Wretham Heath TL9088Felthorpe Woods TG1416Foulden Common TL7599Foxley Wood TG0523Gayton TF7319Gillingham Thicks TM4191Great Yarmouth, North Denes TG5310Grimes Graves TL8190Grimes Graves, Gun Area TL8090Grimston Warren TF6721Hindolveston Woods TG0428Hoe Rough, Beetley TF9716Holkham Meals East TF8945Honingham TG1111Horning, Bure Valley Marshes TG3316Ickburgh Fields TL8296Knettishall Heath TL9480Leziate Pits TF6818Lynford Stag TL8191New Buckenham Common TM0990Pensthorpe, Fakenham TF9429Ringland TG1213Roydon Common TF6722Sandringham Estate TF6928Santon Downham TL8188Santon Downham, Two Mile Bottom TL8487Santon Warren, Santon Downham TL8592Sedgeford TF7137Sheringham Park TG1342Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate TF6734Sparham Pools TG0718Stanford Training Area (STANTA) TL8796Stanford, Warren Plantation (STANTA) TL8695Stow Bardolph TF6305Swanton Novers Great Wood TG0130Thetford, Barnham Cross Common TL8681Thornham, Broom Covert TF7300Tottington, S of Mortimer's Farm (STANTA) TL8993Weeting Heath TL7688Wells, East Hills TF9246Whitwell Common TG0820Winterton Dunes TG4919

Summary

106 records from 60 different sites
Years (# of records): 0 (1) 1866 (1) 1927 (1) 1936 (1) 1937 (2) 1977 (3) 1982 (1) 1985 (1) 1986 (1) 1987 (1) 1988 (2) 1989 (3) 1990 (2) 1991 (6) 1992 (6) 1993 (3) 1994 (1) 1995 (1) 1996 (2) 1997 (1) 1998 (4) 1999 (2) 2000 (1) 2001 (1) 2002 (3) 2003 (2) 2008 (1) 2009 (2) 2011 (2) 2012 (3) 2013 (1) 2014 (3) 2015 (2) 2016 (3) 2017 (1) 2018 (2) 2019 (3) 2020 (9) 2021 (4) 2022 (7) 2023 (7) 2024 (3)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Handkea utriformis; Lycoperdon caelatum
Associations: Angiospermae; Pinus; Poaceae
Substrates: grassland; sand; soil; soil, grass; soil, turf; soil, turf (grazed)
Finders: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Alex Prendergast; Anne Crotty; Anon; Ash Murray; C.P. Petch; Chris Sharpe; D.J. Schafer; E.A. Ellis; foray; G.J. Cooke; Ian Senior; J. Darby; J. Williamson; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Jonathan Revett; Joseph Hubbard; Keith Fox; Kirby Trimmer; Neil Mahler; R.E. Evans; Sarah Barney; Tony Leech; Trevor Dove; Vicky Rusby; Yvonne Mynett
Identifiers: A.L. Bull; A.R. Leech; Alex Prendergast; Anne Crotty; Ash Murray; Chris Sharpe; E.A. Ellis; G.G. Kibby; Geoffrey Kibby; Ian Senior; J. Darby; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Jonathan Revett; Keith Fox; Neil Mahler; R.E. Evans; Tony Leech; Trevor Dove
Confirmer: R.E. Evans
Comments: 'BMS foray. On sand dunes'; 'Date recorded as c.1866. Source: NCLF Part I'; 'Footpath through Grimes Graves Gun Area'; 'Old remains of fruiting body'; 'Old specimen'; 'old specimens'; 'On heathland'; 'Several fairy rings over the lawn'; 'Single fruiting body'; 'Source: CP List 1872'; 'Source: NCLF Part I'; 'Sterile remains'; 'With grass'

Record Details

00/00/0000 Unnamed Site; No Grid Ref; Anon; "Source: CP List 1872"; [as Lycoperdon caelatum]; Lit. cited: 237;233
00/00/1866 Edgefield; No Grid Ref; Kirby Trimmer; "Date recorded as c.1866. Source: NCLF Part I"; [as Lycoperdon caelatum]; Lit. cited: 233
00/12/1927 Holt; No Grid Ref; C.P. Petch; "Source: NCLF Part I"; [as Lycoperdon caelatum]; Lit. cited: 233
25/07/1936 Honingham Brecks; No Grid Ref; G.J. Cooke; "Source: NCLF Part I"; [as Lycoperdon caelatum]; Lit. cited: 233
00/00/1937 Holt; TG0838; E.A. Ellis; E.A. Ellis; [as Handkea utriformis]
05/11/1937 Honingham Brecks; No Grid Ref; G.J. Cooke; "Source: NCLF Part I"; [as Lycoperdon caelatum]; Lit. cited: 233
00/05/1977 East Wretham Heath; TL9088; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "On heathland"; [as Handkea utriformis]
20/05/1977 Holkham Meals East; TF9045; sand; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "BMS foray. On sand dunes"; [as Handkea utriformis]
05/08/1977 Weeting Heath; TL7688; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "Sterile remains"; [as Handkea utriformis]
02/09/1982 Sparham Pools; TG0718; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
02/02/1985 Honingham; TG1111; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
23/10/1986 Horning, Bure Valley Marshes; TG3316; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
21/11/1987 Bodney, Hopton Point (STANTA); TL8697; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
16/10/1988 East Wretham Heath; TL9088; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
26/12/1988 Holkham Meals East; TF8945; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
25/01/1989 Ringland; TG1213; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
08/08/1989 Beetley, Roosting Hills; TF9818; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
23/09/1989 Bridgham Picnic Site; TL9683; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
28/09/1990 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
05/10/1990 Sparham Pools; TG0718; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
12/05/1991 Whitwell Common; TG0820; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
22/09/1991 Bridgham Picnic Site; TL9683; Poaceae; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Handkea utriformis]
13/10/1991 Foxley Wood; TG0523; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
01/11/1991 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
09/11/1991 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
13/11/1991 Pensthorpe, Fakenham; TF9429; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
12/05/1992 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
21/08/1992 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
04/10/1992 Bridgham Picnic Site; TL9683; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
04/10/1992 Pensthorpe, Fakenham; TF9429; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
18/10/1992 Santon Downham; TL8187; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
20/10/1992 Holkham Meals East; TF8945; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
15/04/1993 Hoe Rough, Beetley; TF9716; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
03/10/1993 Pensthorpe, Fakenham; TF9429; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
05/11/1993 Sparham Pools; TG0718; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
21/09/1994 Brandon Parva; TG0708; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
08/10/1995 Pensthorpe, Fakenham; TF9429; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
28/09/1996 Bintree Woods; TG0022; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; [as Handkea utriformis]
00/11/1996 Santon Warren, Santon Downham; TL8592; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
12/11/1997 Gillingham Thicks; TM4191; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; [as Handkea utriformis]
17/10/1998 Stanford Training Area (STANTA); TL8796; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; [as Handkea utriformis]
25/10/1998 Holkham Meals East; TF9045; Pinus; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Handkea utriformis]
08/11/1998 Stanford Training Area (STANTA); TL8796; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; [as Handkea utriformis]
08/11/1998 Stanford, Warren Plantation (STANTA); TL8695; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; [as Handkea utriformis]
16/05/1999 Caister-on-Sea, dunes; TG5214; Trevor Dove; Trevor Dove; [as Handkea utriformis]
15/10/1999 Corpusty Shooting Range; TG1129; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; [as Handkea utriformis]
20/10/2000 Tottington, S of Mortimer's Farm (STANTA); TL8993; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
15/09/2001 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; [as Handkea utriformis]
20/10/2002 Weeting Heath; TL7688; Angiospermae; soil; Anon; A.L. Bull; [as Handkea utriformis]
02/11/2002 Leziate Pits; TF6818; Poaceae; soil; J. Williamson; A.L. Bull; [as Handkea utriformis]
21/11/2002 Winterton Dunes; TG4919; A.L. Bull; A.L. Bull; [as Handkea utriformis]
26/10/2003 Blickling Park; TG1728; Poaceae; soil; D.J. Schafer; G.G. Kibby; [as Handkea utriformis]
29/10/2003 Swanton Novers Great Wood; TG0130; Poaceae; soil; J. Darby; J. Darby; [as Handkea utriformis]
11/10/2008 Lynford Stag; TL815917; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Handkea utriformis]
18/10/2009 Bergh Apton (BACT); TM3199; Tony Leech; Tony Leech; [as Handkea utriformis]
01/12/2009 Blakeney Point; TF9946; Tony Leech; Tony Leech; [as Handkea utriformis]
09/10/2011 Sheringham Park; TG1341; foray; Tony Leech; [as Handkea utriformis]
28/10/2011 Lynford Stag; TL815918; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty; [as Handkea utriformis]
16/09/2012 Roydon Common; TF6922; Neil Mahler; Neil Mahler; [as Handkea utriformis]
28/10/2012 Bergh Apton, Millenium Field; TM312997; soil, turf; foray; Tony Leech; [as Handkea utriformis]
10/11/2012 New Buckenham Common; TM0990; soil, turf; Neil Mahler; Neil Mahler; [as Handkea utriformis]
20/10/2013 Hindolveston Woods; TG0428; Joseph Hubbard; Tony Leech; [as Handkea utriformis]
21/09/2014 Thornham, Broom Covert; TF732007; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Handkea utriformis]
01/11/2014 Winterton Dunes; TG4920; foray; Tony Leech; [as Handkea utriformis]
11/11/2014 Sheringham Park; TG132420; Tony Leech; Tony Leech; [as Handkea utriformis]
13/09/2015 Thornham, Broom Covert; TF732007; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Handkea utriformis]
08/11/2015 Weeting Heath; TL7588; James Emerson; James Emerson; "old specimens"
02/10/2016 Thornham, Broom Covert; TF732007; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Handkea utriformis]
15/10/2016 Santon Downham, Two Mile Bottom; TL849875; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Handkea utriformis]
29/10/2016 Santon Downham, Two Mile Bottom; TL849875; soil; Jonathan Revett; Jonathan Revett; [as Handkea utriformis]
24/09/2017 East Wretham Heath; TL9191; foray; Tony Leech
12/05/2018 Wells, East Hills; TF929461; soil, turf; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
15/09/2018 Grimes Graves; TL8190; soil, turf; Yvonne Mynett; Tony Leech
21/09/2019 Weeting Heath; TL7588; soil, turf; Neil Mahler; Neil Mahler
09/10/2019 New Buckenham Common; TM0990; soil, turf (grazed); foray; Tony Leech; [as Handkea utriformis]
24/10/2019 Weeting Heath; TL757883; soil, turf (grazed); Ian Senior; Tony Leech
02/03/2020 Roydon Common; TF678221; soil; Ash Murray; Ash Murray; [as Handkea utriformis]
16/07/2020 Santon Downham; TL815883; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
06/09/2020 Sedgeford; TF711371; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "With grass"
10/09/2020 East Winch Common; TF697162; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "With grass"
12/10/2020 Gayton; TF730192; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "With grass"
13/10/2020 Sandringham Estate; TF6928; soil, turf; foray; Tony Leech
18/10/2020 East Wretham Heath; TL908882; soil; Chris Sharpe; Chris Sharpe; "With grass"
22/10/2020 Burnham Overy Staithe; TF854452; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "With grass"
09/11/2020 Weeting Heath; TL757886; Ash Murray; Ash Murray; "Single fruiting body"; [as Handkea utriformis]
02/10/2021 Thetford, Barnham Cross Common; TL8681; soil; Neil Mahler; Neil Mahler; VC26
13/10/2021 Sandringham Estate; TF6928; soil; foray; Tony Leech; [as Handkea utriformis]
20/11/2021 Roydon Common; TF6822; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
21/11/2021 Grimes Graves, Gun Area; TL808901; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; "Footpath through Grimes Graves Gun Area"
02/07/2022 Cranwich Camp; TL774942; soil, grass; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; "Old remains of fruiting body"
03/09/2022 East Wretham Heath; TL9088; soil; Vicky Rusby; Tony Leech
05/10/2022 Sandringham Estate; TF696285; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
10/10/2022 Gayton; TF730192; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
13/10/2022 Stow Bardolph; TF630059; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Several fairy rings over the lawn"
15/10/2022 Roydon Common; TF676225; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
21/11/2022 Grimes Graves, Gun Area; TL808901; soil, grass; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
21/01/2023 Grimston Warren; TF6721; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
01/04/2023 Ickburgh Fields; TL823968; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; "Old specimen"
08/08/2023 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF676349; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
09/08/2023 Weeting Heath; TL758884; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
15/10/2023 Great Yarmouth, North Denes; TG533101; grassland; Sarah Barney; Ian Senior
28/10/2023 Foulden Common; TL7599; soil; foray; Geoffrey Kibby
05/11/2023 Grimes Graves, Gun Area; TL808901; soil; Sarah Barney; Jeremy Bartlett
24/08/2024 Weeting Heath; TL7588; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
02/10/2024 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF676349; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
24/10/2024 Knettishall Heath; TL945804; Alex Prendergast; Alex Prendergast
; Additional NotesSubstrate recorded as mixed acid and calcareous grassland on periglacial patterned ground
; VC26

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