Melanoleuca verrucipes (Fr.) Singer
(Warty Cavalier)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelanoleuca verrucipes (Warty Cavalier)
GenusMelanoleuca (cavalier toadstools)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (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 Melanoleuca verrucipes (Warty Cavalier) :
1: Melanoleuca verrucipes (Warty Cavalier)
23 Oct 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
5 tatty fruitbodies, on one year old shredded broad-leaf wood
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side view - white backgroundImage 2: Fruitbody - LS - white backgroundImage 3: Fruitbody - oblique viewImage 4: Fruitbody - side viewImage 5: Fruitbody - side view - grey backgroundImage 6: Fruitbody - underside view - black backgroundImage 7: Gills - black backgroundImage 8: Gills - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Spore print with Iodine - enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Stipe surface - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Stipe surface - close-up - enlarged - white background (2)Image 12: Top of stipe with gills - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 13: Cheilocystidia - in gill edge squash prep - magnifiedImage 14: Cheilocystidia - in gill edge squash prep - magnified (2)Image 15: Cheilocystidia - in gill edge squash prep - magnified (3)Image 16: Pleurocystidia - in gill face squash prep - highly magnifiedImage 17: Spores - in iodine - magnifiedImage 18: Spores - in iodine - highly magnifiedImage 19: Spores - magnifiedImage 20: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 21: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 22: Spores - highly magnified (3)Image 23: Stipe scale - magnifiedImage 24: Stipe scale - magnified (2)Image 25: Stipe scale - magnified (3)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Henrici, A. 2001 Notes and Records (Oct 2001) Field Mycology Vol 2 (4): 136-138.

Melanoleuca verrucipes (Warty Cavalier) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melanoleuca verrucipes (Warty Cavalier)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melanoleuca verrucipes (Warty Cavalier)
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