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Amanita friabilisPhoto: Soren GutenBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Small fleshy agaric; solitary or scattered, on soil; with alders.Dimensions: Cap 1-6cm dia; stem 4-12cm tall x 0.6-1.5cm dia. Cap: Grey-brown or sepia with tomentose volval vestiges, striate at the margin; at first plano- convex then flattened or slightly depressed with age. Flesh white, thin and firm. Gills: White, free, crowded. Stem: Very pallid greyish-brown sometimes with 'adder' patterning; more or less equal but with bulbous base without volval remnants; ring absent. |
Spores: Hyaline, smooth, broadly ellipsoid, non-amyloid, with droplets, 9.5-14.0 x 7.0-10.5 µm. Basidia 4 spored. Odour: Not distinctive. Taste: Not distinctive. Inedible, probably poisonous. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.1: flagship species of a threatened or declining habitat |
| Justification: very rare European endemic species associated with alder carrs. These habitats are in decline and subject to a variety of threats |
| Threats: drainage, eutrophication; planting of other trees e.g. poplar |
| Action Required: Site protection and monitoring against habitat loss and degradation |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records |
Total records: 6 |
| Earliest recording: 1957 | |
| Latest recording: 2001 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 3(1); 15(1);16(1); 27(1); 35(1); 49(1); 60(1); 88(1) ): | |
| Pre-1960: 1 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 7 records |