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10-09-2008, 07:02 PM
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| | | King of Amanitas.
First off, I apologise for the awful, awful photograph. It was taken on my phone as it was the only way of capturing!
I present to you, a massive Amanita that I've found a few times in the Calcareous soils of the Brecks. 
Keep your eyes open for this beast if you're in Beech Woodland. They are a lovely sight and will really take your breath away with the size and weight. I saw this from about 100m away. I went for a walk after work in the forest near my house to find Inocybe, Cortinarius (yay!  ), Coprinus, Tricholoma, Lactarius, Amanita, Russula, Mycena, Agaricus and Paneolus. That's just the easy ones
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12-09-2008, 08:26 PM
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| | | Re: King of Amanitas.
What species is it, Nick 
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12-09-2008, 08:40 PM
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| | | Re: King of Amanitas.
LOL Maybe why I got such a poor response Amanita strobiliformis, Hedge Witch |
14-09-2008, 06:00 PM
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| | | Re: King of Amanitas.
Well, I found another two of these today, and I might get a bigger response this time because I had my camera to take a photograph of this massive agaric. 
Okay, you can't get a good idea of size from that, but I thought WAB will need a good size indicator, and here it is. Bear in mind I have averagely sized male hands! This isn't manipulated, it's just a very big, breathtaking mushroom;  
I hope you find these interesting, because you don't find these in just any place  The photograph of this species in Michael Jordan's Book was taken about a mile from where my specimen was found today, and I'm proud to have found it three years in a row
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14-09-2008, 07:32 PM
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| | | Re: King of Amanitas.
thats MASSIVE!  |
14-09-2008, 07:33 PM
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| | | Re: King of Amanitas.
I know, isn't it huge. Got to be the biggest and heaviest mushroom that I've ever handled, and I've had some nice big Ceps! |
14-09-2008, 07:39 PM
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| | | Re: King of Amanitas.
You've just got small hands Nick! |
14-09-2008, 07:46 PM
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| | | Re: King of Amanitas.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stewy  You've just got small hands Nick! | He got Minime to hold it
Nice find Nick.
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14-09-2008, 07:50 PM
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| | | Re: King of Amanitas.
I would have been well chuffed to find that today Nick Nice one! |
14-09-2008, 08:06 PM
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| | | Re: King of Amanitas.
Nick, I saw some huge remains on Saturday at least as big as that bad boy your holding. Problem being that they were so wet and sodden it was impossible to tell what they may have been. I imagine they were similar to that specimen. | | | |
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