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Scleroderma bovista (Potato Earthball)
Fr. 1829
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Boletales > Sclerodermataceae
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East Runton TG2042Edgefield TG0834Gayton TF7319Holt TG0839Holt, Gresham's School TG0939Little Snoring TF9632Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East TG2108Norwich, Earlham Cemetery West TG2008Norwich, Woodlands Park TG2009Pensthorpe, Fakenham TF9429Pott Row TF6921Scottow Enterprise Park TG2623Sheringham Park TG1341Snettisham TF6432Thetford, The Nunnery (BTO) TL8680Whitlingham TG2707

Summary

23 records from 17 different sites
Years (# of records): 1872 (1) 2000 (1) 2002 (1) 2006 (1) 2007 (1) 2008 (2) 2010 (2) 2011 (1) 2012 (1) 2015 (1) 2019 (1) 2020 (2) 2021 (3) 2022 (2) 2023 (2) 2024 (1)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Associations: Betula; Betula pendula; Castanea sativa; Tilia
Substrates: gravel; litter, deciduous; soil; soil, turf
Finders: A.R. Leech; Anne Crotty; Charles B. Plowright; foray; Ian Senior; Jenny Kelly; M. Hill; Sam Rusby; Tony Leech
Identifiers: A.R. Leech; Anne Crotty; Ian Senior; Jenny Kelly; Tony Leech
Confirmers: None
Comments: 'Fruiting again, recorded and ID’d 2023'; 'Fully reticulate spores. Spread all round garden, including flowerbeds since first identified in 2011'; 'In flower bed'; 'mown lawn'; 'Source: CP List 1872'; 'Spores examined'

Record Details

00/00/1872 Castle Rising; No Grid Ref; Charles B. Plowright; "Source: CP List 1872"; Lit. cited: 237;233
23/09/2000 Little Snoring; TF9632; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
26/10/2002 Holt; TG0839; Betula; gravel; M. Hill; A.R. Leech
30/09/2006 Pensthorpe, Fakenham; TF9429; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech
16/07/2007 Holt, Gresham's School; TG089393; A.R. Leech; A.R. Leech; "mown lawn"
05/10/2008 Sheringham Park; TG1341; foray; Tony Leech
29/10/2008 Pensthorpe, Fakenham; TF9429; soil; foray; Tony Leech
14/08/2010 Edgefield; TG083346; soil; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
17/08/2010 Whitlingham; TG27170758; soil; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty
06/08/2011 Thetford, The Nunnery (BTO); TL8680; foray; Tony Leech
18/08/2012 East Runton; TG2042; Betula; soil; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
28/10/2015 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery East; TG212086; soil, turf; Ian Senior; Tony Leech
25/06/2019 Holt, Gresham's School; TG09033933; soil, turf; Tony Leech; Tony Leech
10/10/2020 Whitlingham; TG2722507584; soil; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty; "In flower bed"
12/10/2020 Gayton; TF730192; Tilia; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
23/08/2021 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery West; TG204088; Castanea sativa; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
12/09/2021 Pott Row; TF695214; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly; "Spores examined"
16/10/2021 Scottow Enterprise Park; TG2623; soil; Sam Rusby; Ian Senior
08/08/2022 Norwich, Woodlands Park; TG208092; litter, deciduous; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
11/09/2022 Snettisham; TF649328; soil; Jenny Kelly; Jenny Kelly
24/07/2023 Whitlingham; TG271075; Betula pendula; soil; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty; "Fully reticulate spores. Spread all round garden, including flowerbeds since first identified in 2011"; Lit. cited: 46
; Additional NotesAssociation recorded as Betula pendula, Pinus sylvestris, Sorbus aucuparia

06/11/2023 Norwich, Earlham Cemetery West; TG204090; soil; Ian Senior; Ian Senior
28/10/2024 Whitlingham; TG271075; Betula pendula; soil; Anne Crotty; Anne Crotty; "Fruiting again, recorded and ID’d 2023"
; Additional NotesSecondary associations recorded as Pinus sylvestris, Sorbus aucuparia

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