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Melanoleuca polioleuca (Common Cavalier)
(Fr.) Kühner & Maire 1934
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Tricholomataceae
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Bawsey Country Park (pits) TF6719Bergh Apton (BACT) TM3099Blickling, Abel Heath TG1727Blo' Norton, churchyard TM0179Brancaster, Barrow Common TF7943Brisley TF9521Briston TG0631Briston, Craymere Beck TG0630Buckenham Carrs TG3605Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits TL7795Dereham, Neatherd High School TF9913Dersingham TF6831Dersingham Bog TF6829Dersingham, Shutup Common TF6829Fakenham, cemetery TF9130Felbrigg Park TG1939Feltwell TL7590Flitcham, Abbey Farm TF7427Foxley Wood TG0523Frettenham TG2317Gayton TF7319Gayton, churchyard TF7319Glandford, Bayfield Estate TG0440Great Hockham Hills & Holes TL9591Great Yarmouth, North Denes TG5310Gressenhall Rural Life Museum TF9717Grimston, Derby Fen TF7020Guist, Sennowe Park TF9825Heacham TF6837Heacham, Lousy Bush & Long Woods TF6838Hindolveston Woods TG0428Hingham, Sea Mere TG0301Holkham Hall TF8843Holkham Meals West TF8845Holme Dunes TF7145Holt Country Park TG0837Holt, Gresham's School TG0839Hoveton Hall TG3120Hunstanton TF6741Hunstanton Park TF6941Intwood TG1904Kelling Heath Holiday Park TG1041Ketteringham TG1602King's Lynn, cemetery TF6218King's Lynn, Hardwick TF6218Litcham TF8818Little Plumstead TG3111Lynford, Stanford Road TL8090Marsham Heath TG1723North Burlingham Woods TG3610North Walsham, Pigney's Wood TG2932North Wootton TF6523Norwich city TG2005Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East TG2108Norwich, Earlham Cemetery West TG2008Norwich, Earlham Road TG2108Norwich, Mousehold Heath TG2410Old Hunstanton TF6842Pensthorpe, Fakenham TF9428Pott Row TF7022Ringstead Downs TF6940Ringstead, Courtyard Farm TF7240Rollesby TG4515Roydon Common TF6822Sandringham Country Park TF6929Sandringham Estate TF6928Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site TL8187Scottow TG2523Scottow Enterprise Park TG2623Sculthorpe TF9030Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust) TF9030Sedgeford TF7136Sheringham Park TG1342Sheringham, Pretty Corner TG1541Snettisham TF6934Snettisham Beach TF6430Snettisham Common TF6733Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate TF6734Sparham, Great Witchingham TG0819Sporle Wood TF8611Stow Bardolph TF6305Stow Bardolph, Stow Hall Gardens TF6305Strumpshaw Fen TG3408Swanton Novers Great Wood TG0130Syderstone Common TF8232Thetford, Barnham Cross Common TL8681Thetford, The Nunnery (BTO) TL8680Thursford, Brett's Wood TF9632Titchwell RSPB TF7543Weasenham All Saints, New Wood TF8420Weeting Heath TL7588West Beckham TG1339Wheatfen, Surlingham TG3205Whitlingham TG2707Winterton Dunes TG4920

Summary

157 records from 99 different sites
Years (# of records): 1912 (1) 1919 (2) 1933 (1) 1938 (1) 1940 (1) 1999 (1) 2003 (4) 2005 (1) 2006 (1) 2007 (1) 2008 (3) 2009 (2) 2010 (8) 2011 (3) 2012 (3) 2013 (5) 2014 (2) 2015 (5) 2016 (3) 2017 (2) 2018 (4) 2019 (13) 2020 (13) 2021 (16) 2022 (18) 2023 (22) 2024 (9) 2025 (12)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Tricholoma polioleucum; Tricholoma porphyroleucum
Associations: Alnus glutinosa; Angiospermae; Betula; Cedrus; Poaceae; Salix; Tilia; Ulex
Substrates: fallen trunk; grassland; leaf litter; soil; soil, grass; soil, grassland; soil, sandy; soil, turf; soil, turf (grazed); turf, short; wood chip; wood chips; woodchip; woody litter
Finders: A.R. Leech; A.W. Brand; Anne Crotty; Anon; Chris Kelly; David Longden; foray; Ian Senior; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Joseph Hubbard; Keith Fox; Mark Joy; P. Cullington; Richard Shotbolt; Robert Yaxley; S. Stannard; Steve Judd; Steve Pinnington; Stewart Wright; Tony Leech; Vanna Bartlett; Yvonne Mynett
Identifiers: A.R. Leech; A.W. Brand; Anne Crotty; David Longden; Geoffrey Kibby; Ian Senior; J.L. Taylor; James Emerson; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; Keith Fox; Mark Joy; P. Cullington; Richard Shotbolt; Robert Yaxley; Steve Judd; Stewart Wright; Tony Leech; Yvonne Mynett
Confirmers: None
Comments: 'fresh laid turf'; 'ID confirmed with spores'; 'In grass'; 'In grass; near Taxus baccata'; 'Large fairy ring'; 'Source: NCLF Part IV'; 'Spores checked'; 'Spores examined'

Record Details

14/10/1912 Norwich, Heigham Park; No Grid Ref; Anon; "Source: NCLF Part IV"; [as Tricholoma porphyroleucum]; Lit. cited: 236
22/10/1919 Horsford, Broadland Country Park; No Grid Ref; Anon; "Source: NCLF Part IV"; [as Tricholoma porphyroleucum]; Lit. cited: 236
22/10/1919 Norwich, Heigham Park; No Grid Ref; Anon; "Source: NCLF Part IV"; [as Tricholoma porphyroleucum]; Lit. cited: 236
09/10/1933 Westwick; No Grid Ref; Anon; "Source: NCLF Part IV"; [as Tricholoma porphyroleucum]; Lit. cited: 236
18/11/1938 Drayton; No Grid Ref; Anon; "Source: NCLF Part IV"; [as Tricholoma polioleucum]; Lit. cited: 236
12/10/1940 Drayton; No Grid Ref; Anon; "Source: NCLF Part IV"; [as Tricholoma polioleucum]; Lit. cited: 236
23/10/1999 Norwich, Mousehold Heath; TG2410; Richard Shotbolt; Richard Shotbolt
27/10/2003 Kelling Heath Holiday Park; TG1041; Betula; soil; A.W. Brand; A.W. Brand
29/10/2003 Holt, Gresham's School; TG0839; Angiospermae; soil; S. Stannard; J.L. Taylor
30/10/2003 Felbrigg Park; TG1939; Poaceae; soil; P. Cullington; P. Cullington
23/11/2003 Norwich city; TG2005; wood chips; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
17/10/2005 Hingham, Sea Mere; TG0301; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
15/10/2006 Foxley Wood; TG0523; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
07/10/2007 Sheringham Park; TG1341; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
16/10/2008 Felbrigg Park; TG1939; foray; Tony Leech
18/10/2008 Weasenham All Saints, New Wood; TF8420; foray; Tony Leech
28/10/2008 Strumpshaw Fen; TG3408; foray; Tony Leech
27/10/2009 Holt Country Park; TG0837; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
16/11/2009 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF9029; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
05/09/2010 Holt, Gresham's School; TG086394; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
11/09/2010 Blickling, Abel Heath; TG1727; foray; Tony Leech
17/09/2010 Briston; TG063313; David Longden; David Longden
17/09/2010 Briston, Craymere Beck; TG063307; David Longden; David Longden
26/09/2010 Thursford, Brett's Wood; TF969328; foray; Tony Leech
09/10/2010 Dereham, Neatherd High School; TF999132; foray; Tony Leech
13/10/2010 Whitlingham; TG271075; soil, turf; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty
07/11/2010 Holme Dunes; TF7145; foray; Tony Leech
27/10/2011 Pensthorpe, Fakenham; TF9428; foray; Tony Leech
05/11/2011 West Beckham; TG137396; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
06/11/2011 Thetford, The Nunnery (BTO); TL8680; foray; Tony Leech
04/10/2012 Glandford, Bayfield Estate; TG0440; foray; Tony Leech
16/10/2012 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL7795; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
02/11/2012 Sheringham, Pretty Corner; TG1541; foray; Tony Leech
10/10/2013 Foxley Wood; TG0422; foray; Tony Leech
13/10/2013 Kelling Heath Holiday Park; TG1141; foray; Tony Leech
20/10/2013 Hindolveston Woods; TG0428; Joseph Hubbard; Tony Leech
06/11/2013 Thursford, Brett's Wood; TF9632; foray; Tony Leech
10/11/2013 Frettenham; TG2317; foray; Tony Leech
20/10/2014 Bergh Apton (BACT); TM3099; foray; Tony Leech
11/11/2014 Sheringham Park; TG132420; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
24/09/2015 Sedgeford; TF721357; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
30/09/2015 Thursford, Brett's Wood; TF9632; foray; Tony Leech
15/10/2015 Sheringham Park; TG1341; foray; Tony Leech
15/11/2015 Bawsey Country Park (pits); TF6719; foray; Keith Fox
15/11/2015 Winterton Dunes; TG4920; soil, sandy; foray; Tony Leech
09/10/2016 Dersingham Bog; TF6829; foray; Yvonne Mynett
13/10/2016 Brancaster, Barrow Common; TF790430; soil, turf; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
13/10/2016 Sheringham Park; TG1341; foray; Tony Leech
29/09/2017 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL7795; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
05/11/2017 Glandford, Bayfield Estate; TG0440; James Emerson; James Emerson
08/10/2018 Thursford, Brett's Wood; TF9632; soil, turf; foray; Tony Leech
27/10/2018 North Burlingham Woods; TG366102; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
21/11/2018 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF8930; soil, turf; foray; Tony Leech
25/11/2018 Sculthorpe; TF907304; Robert Yaxley; Robert Yaxley
30/09/2019 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG212088; grassland; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
04/10/2019 Sparham, Great Witchingham; TG0819; soil, turf; foray; Tony Leech
05/10/2019 Wheatfen, Surlingham; TG3205; Salix; soil; Steve Judd; Steve Judd
09/10/2019 Sculthorpe Moor (Hawk & Owl Trust); TF900301; soil, turf; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
11/10/2019 Snettisham Common; TF672337; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
12/10/2019 Sheringham Park; TG1341; leaf litter; foray; Tony Leech
14/10/2019 Hoveton Hall; TG313202; leaf litter; Stewart Wright; Stewart Wright
16/10/2019 North Walsham, Pigney's Wood; TG2932; soil, turf; Steve Pinnington; Yvonne Mynett
24/10/2019 Hunstanton Park; TF695415; grassland; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
24/10/2019 Weeting Heath; TL757883; soil, turf (grazed); Ian Senior; Tony Leech
27/10/2019 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery West; TG205087; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
28/10/2019 Bawsey Country Park (pits); TF6719; foray; Tony Leech
02/11/2019 Thetford, Barnham Cross Common; TL8681; Steve Judd; Steve Judd; VC26
06/10/2020 Fakenham, cemetery; TF910307; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "In grass"
07/10/2020 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG212088; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior; "in grass"
12/10/2020 Gayton; TF730192; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "In grass"
15/10/2020 Hunstanton Park; TF695415; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox; "In grass"
17/10/2020 Pott Row; TF701227; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "In grass"
17/10/2020 Scottow; TG259232; Cedrus; soil; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty
18/10/2020 Cranwich, Watermill Broad pits; TL774953; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
19/10/2020 Santon Downham, St Helen's Picnic Site; TL8187; fallen trunk; Mark Joy; Mark Joy; VC26
22/10/2020 Ketteringham; TG165025; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; "In grass; near Taxus baccata"
05/11/2020 Sedgeford; TF716368; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "fresh laid turf"
06/11/2020 Ringstead Downs; TF693401; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "In grass"
07/11/2020 Holme Dunes; TF712450; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "In grass"
08/11/2020 Grimston, Derby Fen; TF701208; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
02/10/2021 Thetford, Barnham Cross Common; TL8681; soil; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty; VC26
11/10/2021 Gayton; TF730192; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
16/10/2021 Scottow Enterprise Park; TG2623; wood chip; Stewart Wright; Anne Crotty; Lit. cited: 78
20/10/2021 Sedgeford; TF716368; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
21/10/2021 Dersingham; TF682310; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
22/10/2021 Snettisham; TF691343; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
23/10/2021 North Walsham, Pigney's Wood; TG2932; leaf litter; Steve Pinnington; Yvonne Mynett
23/10/2021 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF676349; soil; foray; Keith Fox
25/10/2021 Grimston, Derby Fen; TF705206; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
27/10/2021 Stow Bardolph; TF630059; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
09/11/2021 Heacham, Lousy Bush & Long Woods; TF684386; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
10/11/2021 Heacham; TF684371; wood chip; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
13/11/2021 Ringstead Downs; TF693401; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
18/11/2021 Snettisham Beach; TF649333; wood chips; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
20/11/2021 Roydon Common; TF6822; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
09/12/2021 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF726405; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
02/10/2022 Little Plumstead; TG3111; soil; foray; Tony Leech
02/10/2022 North Burlingham Woods; TG366103; Tilia; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
13/10/2022 Stow Bardolph; TF630059; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
14/10/2022 Norwich, Earlham Road; TG210085; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
22/10/2022 Gressenhall Rural Life Museum; TF9717; leaf litter; Jeremy Bartlett; Anne Crotty
24/10/2022 Brancaster, Barrow Common; TF790430; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
29/10/2022 Old Hunstanton; TF688422; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
29/10/2022 Syderstone Common; TF828320; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
31/10/2022 Marsham Heath; TG174238; Ulex; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
04/11/2022 Brisley; TF955219; Robert Yaxley
07/11/2022 Heacham; TF684371; woodchip; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
09/11/2022 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF676349; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
13/11/2022 Ringstead Downs; TF693401; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
17/11/2022 Sandringham Estate; TF696285; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
19/11/2022 Great Yarmouth, North Denes; TG5310; Jeremy Bartlett; Anne Crotty
26/11/2022 Snettisham Beach; TF648305; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Large fairy ring"
29/11/2022 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery West; TG2008; soil, grass; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
07/12/2022 Buckenham Carrs; TG362058; Alnus glutinosa; soil; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
08/10/2023 Stow Bardolph; TF630059; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
12/10/2023 Snettisham Beach; TF648305; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores checked"
21/10/2023 Feltwell; TL753903; grassland; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
27/10/2023 Titchwell RSPB; TF750438; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
28/10/2023 Blo' Norton, churchyard; TM012796; grassland; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
30/10/2023 Rollesby; TG4515; soil; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
31/10/2023 Hunstanton; TF6740; turf, short; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
01/11/2023 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG212088; grassland; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
01/11/2023 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery West; TG2008; grassland; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
01/11/2023 Sandringham Country Park; TF6929; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
03/11/2023 Sedgeford; TF722384; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
05/11/2023 Hunstanton; TF6740; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
05/11/2023 Lynford, Stanford Road; TL804900; soil; Vanna Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett
10/11/2023 Intwood; TG196049; foray; Tony Leech
12/11/2023 Flitcham, Abbey Farm; TF7427; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
12/11/2023 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG212090; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
18/11/2023 Holkham Hall; TF8843; woody litter; foray; Yvonne Mynett; Lit. cited: 78
19/11/2023 Holkham Meals West; TF889450; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
23/11/2023 Ringstead, Courtyard Farm; TF7340; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
30/11/2023 Sedgeford; TF718368; wood chip; Chris Kelly; Jenny Kelly
11/12/2023 Gayton, churchyard; TF730192; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
16/12/2023 Litcham; TF886180; grassland; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
04/10/2024 Sandringham Estate; TF696285; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
05/10/2024 Guist, Sennowe Park; TF9825; foray; Geoffrey Kibby
13/10/2024 Great Hockham Hills & Holes; TL958912; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
19/10/2024 Stow Bardolph, Stow Hall Gardens; TF630059; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
25/10/2024 Gressenhall Rural Life Museum; TF973170; foray; Tony Leech
27/10/2024 Hunstanton; TF672415; soil, grassland; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
02/11/2024 Sporle Wood; TF8611; soil; Vanna Bartlett; Ian Senior
17/11/2024 Hunstanton; TF672415; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
28/11/2024 Snettisham Beach; TF648305; soil; Chris Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "spores checked"
02/10/2025 Sandringham Estate; TF696285; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
17/10/2025 Bawsey Country Park (pits); TF6719; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
19/10/2025 Dersingham, Shutup Common; TF687296; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
02/11/2025 Grimston, Derby Fen; TF705206; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "ID confirmed with spores"
05/11/2025 Snettisham, Ken Hill Estate; TF676349; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
06/11/2025 King's Lynn, Hardwick; TF629183; Betula; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
09/11/2025 North Wootton; TF654239; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
10/11/2025 Swanton Novers Great Wood; TG0130; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
11/11/2025 Hunstanton; TF6741; soil; Keith Fox; Keith Fox
13/11/2025 King's Lynn, cemetery; TF624186; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
16/11/2025 Bawsey Country Park (pits); TF671191; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
30/11/2025 Snettisham Beach; TF648305; soil; Chris Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "spores examined"

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