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This paper summarizes records of Barefoot Amanita (Amanita vittadinii), known also as Vittadini‘s lepidella, a protected basidiomycete, in two Moravian towns, Olomouc and Uherské Hradiště. While the occurrence of Barefoot Amanita in Olomouc has been known since 2009, the first locality for Uherské Hradiště was found in 2017. The ecology of the species, its habitat and vegetation preferences, as well as the pitfalls of practical conservation of rare synanthropic macromycete species are commented herein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper provides information about a finding of a remote population of the Pteris cretica fern which occurs mainly in subtropical regions of the World. The species was discovered in 2016 in an old well of the Letovice Castle (W Moravia, Czech Republic). Since this fern has never been recorded in the Czech Republic before, it is the first record for the national flora. Only a single specimen was discovered growing in the gap in the lining of the well, at a depth ca 3 m. The plant probably belongs to the var. albolineata which is often cultivated as a houseplant; this is a probable source of spores, and an explanation for this new occurrence. Since this taxon was recorded in similar habitats in Germany and Belgium, details related to this new occurrence can be compared. Several other fern species were observed in the well including the critically endangered Asplenium scolopendrium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]