Megacollybia platyphylla (Pers.) Kotl. & Pouzar
(Whitelaced Shank)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMegacollybia platyphylla (Whitelaced Shank)
FamilyMARASMIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Megacollybia platyphylla (Whitelaced Shank) :
1: Megacollybia platyphylla (Whitelaced Shank)
25 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on old rotten stump
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap surface - close-upImage 3: FruitbodiesImage 4: FruitbodyImage 5: Fruitbody - LSImage 6: GillsImage 7: Gills - close-up
2: Megacollybia platyphylla (Whitelaced Shank)
4 Oct 1987 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: CapImage 2: Caps - in situImage 3: In situ - side viewImage 4: Unearthed - side viewImage 5: Upturned - gills and stipeImage 6: Upturned - gills and stipe (2)Image 7: Upturned - side viewsImage 8: Cap surface - enlargedImage 9: Cap cuticle hyphae - end cells - magnifiedImage 10: Cheilocystidia - highly magnifiedImage 11: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 12: DescriptionImage 13: Description - contd
3: Megacollybia platyphylla (Whitelaced Shank)
2 Oct 1976 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Cap - oblique viewImage 2: Side viewImage 3: Upturned

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Boekhout, T. Megacollybia Kotl. & P. in Ceská Mykol. 26: 220. 1972 Noordeloos, M.E. Strophariaceae Sing. & Smith, 81pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 4
Watling, R. & Turnbull, E. 1998 Cantharellaceae, Gomphaceae & Amyloid-Spored and Xeruloid Members of Trichlomataceae (excl. Mycena) British Fungus Flora, Vol 8, 189pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Megacollybia platyphylla (Whitelaced Shank) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Megacollybia platyphylla (Whitelaced Shank)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Megacollybia platyphylla (Whitelaced Shank)
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