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Psathyrella spadicea (Chestnut Brittlestem)
(P. Kumm.) Singer 1951
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Psathyrellaceae
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Acle, Damgate Wood TG4010Bridgham Picnic Site TL9683Dereham, Lolly Moor TF9910Felthorpe Woods TG1416Glandford, Bayfield Estate TG0440Hockering TG0714Hockering Wood TG0714Honingham, Warren Wood TG0911Litcham Warren TF8917Marsham, Quaker's Wood TG1623Ringland TG1213Roydon Common TF6722Swainsthorpe TG2101Tacolneston Hall TM1395Weeting, Emily's Wood TL7989Wendling, Honeypot Wood TF9314Wheatfen, Surlingham TG3205

Summary

20 records from 17 different sites
Years (# of records): 1983 (2) 1986 (1) 1987 (1) 1992 (1) 1994 (1) 1995 (1) 1997 (1) 1998 (1) 2005 (1) 2013 (1) 2014 (1) 2015 (1) 2020 (1) 2023 (1) 2024 (1) 2025 (4)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Recorded Species: Homophron spadiceum
Associations: Aesculus; Aesculus hippocastanum; Betula; Fagus sylvatica; Populus
Substrates: base of tree; dead stump; soil; stump; tree base; tree base, fallen; tree base, living; trunk, live; wood, dead, deciduous
Finders: A.R. Leech; foray; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; R.E. Evans; S.E. Wells; Tony Leech; Vanna Bartlett; Yvonne Mynett
Identifiers: A.R. Leech; Anne Crotty; Jenny Kelly; Jeremy Bartlett; R.E. Evans; S.E. Wells; Tony Leech; Yvonne Mynett
Confirmer: Geoffrey Kibby
Comments: 'clustered on living tree trunk'; 'On open ground'; 'On side of tree stump'

Record Details

24/09/1983 Ringland; TG1213; stump; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "On side of tree stump"
06/10/1983 Honingham, Warren Wood; TG0911; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
03/12/1986 Dereham, Lolly Moor; TF9910; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans; "On open ground"
25/11/1987 Wheatfen, Surlingham; TG3205; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
01/04/1992 Hockering; TG0714; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
25/09/1994 Bridgham Picnic Site; TL9683; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
11/11/1995 Wendling, Honeypot Wood; TF9314; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
02/07/1997 Wendling, Honeypot Wood; TF9314; R.E. Evans; R.E. Evans
17/10/1998 Felthorpe Woods; TG1416; S.E. Wells; S.E. Wells
29/11/2005 Hockering Wood; TG0714; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
29/10/2013 Glandford, Bayfield Estate; TG0440; foray; Tony Leech
06/12/2014 Swainsthorpe; TG217011; Populus; base of tree; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
19/09/2015 Weeting, Emily's Wood; TL7989; Betula; tree base, fallen; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
11/03/2020 Acle, Damgate Wood; TG401100; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett
27/10/2023 Glandford, Bayfield Estate; TG0440; Aesculus; soil; foray; Tony Leech
01/11/2024 Tacolneston Hall; TM139956; Fagus sylvatica; trunk, live; Jeremy Bartlett; Jeremy Bartlett; "clustered on living tree trunk"; Lit. cited: 132;229
27/09/2025 Litcham Warren; TF8917; wood, dead, deciduous; foray; Yvonne Mynett; Geoffrey Kibby; [as Homophron spadiceum]
12/10/2025 Tacolneston Hall; TM1395; Aesculus hippocastanum; tree base, living; Vanna Bartlett; Anne Crotty
26/11/2025 Roydon Common; TF678228; Betula; tree base; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
31/12/2025 Marsham, Quaker's Wood; TG1623; dead stump; Yvonne Mynett; Yvonne Mynett; [as Homophron spadiceum]

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