Warty Cavalier - Melanoleuca verrucipes
A distinctive species associated with woodchip, with white or pale buff cap and gills and a white stipe with blackish scales.
Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe. Note habitat and substrate.
Woodchip - parks, gardens, etc.
First recorded in Britain in 2000, probably an introduction (Kibby, Vol. 2, 2020)
Rare - the Leicester record of 2023 is believed to be the first for VC55
2jays
Pope St, Leicester
04 May 2023
confirmed G Hall. On woodchip
2jays
Pope St, Leicester
04 May 2023
conf. G Hall
2jays
Pope St, Leicester
04 May 2023
conf. G Hall
2jays
Pope St, Leicester
04 May 2023
conf. G Hall
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Species profile
- Common names
- Warty Cavalier
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 04/05/2023 (Crookes, John)
- Last record:
- 04/05/2023 (Crookes, John)
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