Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Amanitaceae
Species: Amanita ceciliae (Berk. & Broome) Bas
Synonyms: Agaricus ceciliae
Amanita Croen Neidr
Amanita inaurata
Amanita strangulata
Amanitopsis inaurata
Common Name: Snakeskin Grisette


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Amanita ceciliaePhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (15)
Tilia (6)
Betula (4)
Corylus avellana (4)
Ulmus (4)
Quercus (4)
Quercus petraea (3)
Betula pubescens (2)
Tilia x vulgaris (2)
Tilia platyphyllos x cordata = T. x europaea (2)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Pinus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees (9)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (6)
Woodland and scrub (6)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (4)
Woodland (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Woodland: mixed (2)
Boundaries: intact hedges, species-poor (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Scrub (1)
Wet dwarf shrub heath (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (14)
Soil (13)
Soil Leaves (5)
Soil Mossy (4)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
March (3)
June (2)
July (1)
August (12)
September (20)
October (17)