Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Amanitaceae
Species: Amanita citrina var. citrina Pers.
Synonyms: Agaricus citrinus
Agaricus mappa
Amanita citrina var. mappalis
Amanita citrina ß mappalis
Amanita mappa
Amanita mappa var. citrina
Cap Marwol Ffug Gwyn
Common Name: False Deathcap


An ectomycorrhizal species
Click on the dots to get a species list for the 10km square that it represents.
This distribution map was produced using DMap
Amanita citrina var. citrinaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

Photographer: © Roy Anderson Photographer: © David Mitchel Photographer: © Robert Thompson
Have you a photograph, digital or otherwise that you would like to provide for this page? Or would you like to use this photograph? If so, please e-mail David Mitchel at the address given on the home page.

Or search Google Images for this species
View this species in its UK context on the NBN Atlas
Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (29)
Corylus avellana (5)
Quercus petraea (5)
Quercus (4)
Tilia (2)
Pinus sylvestris (2)
Pinus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (6)
Woodland and scrub (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, under planted (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (19)
Soil Leaves (10)
Soil Mossy (10)
Soil Grassy (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
March (1)
September (24)
October (15)
November (5)