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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Occurrence & distributionGBIF875 records
01Narrative
Amanita echinocephala is a large, whitish or ivory-coloured mushroom with a characteristic spiny, or warty-looking cap. It lives on chalky soils with beech trees, and appears earlier than most mushrooms of similar size in southern England. It frequently occurs singly or in small groups, resulting in it being referred to as the solitary amanita or, more specifically, European solitary lepidella. It is very drought-tolerant. Amanita solitaria is a synonym and opinions are divided as to which name takes precedence. Both of the images featured depict the same fruiting body. Note the pyramidal warts on the button.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy26% within 1 km
≤100 m 116≤1 km 62≤10 km 484>10 km 26
688 georeferenced · 126 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor814
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy56% within 1 km
≤100 m 3≤1 km 12≤10 km 12
27 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence57
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions11 of 19 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
14
Kew, GB
12
San Sebastián, ES
5
Bronx, US
2
Chapel Hill, US
2
Görlitz, DE
2
Salzburg, AT
2
MAlocation not on record
2
BDBClocation not on record
2
Karlsruhe, DE
2
Vitoria, ES
2
GJOlocation not on record
1
Gijón, ES
1
Zapopan, MX
1
TENN-Flocation not on record
1
Staten Island, US
1
WU-MYClocation not on record
1
Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record
1
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)location not on record
1
19 institutions · 55 of 57 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
