Meottomyces dissimulans (Berk. & Broome) Vizzini
(Winter Brownie)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMeottomyces dissimulans (Winter Brownie)
FamilyCORTINARIACEAE (webcaps, rootshanks and the gypsy)
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 Meottomyces dissimulans (Winter Brownie) :
1: Meottomyces dissimulans (Winter Brownie)
30 Jan 2000 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Under Ash, Hawthorn on railway sleepers at pathside
Image 1: Caps - in situImage 2: Caps - in situ (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - in situImage 4: Fruitbodies - in situ (2)Image 5: Fruitbodies - in situ (3)Image 6: Fruitbodies - side viewImage 7: Fruitbodies - undersidesImage 8: FruitbodyImage 9: GillsImage 10: Gills (2)Image 11: Ring zone on stipe - close-upImage 12: Ring zone on stipe - close-up (2)Image 13: Cap - dryImage 14: Cap - dry (2)Image 15: Cap - LSImage 16: Cap - LS (2)Image 17: Fruitbodies - side viewImage 18: Fruitbody - LSImage 19: GillsImage 20: Basidia - 4-sporedImage 21: CheilocystidiaImage 22: Cheilocystidia (2)Image 23: Cheilocystidia (3)Image 24: Cheilocystidia (4)Image 25: Cheilocystidia (5)Image 26: Cheilocystidia (6)Image 27: Cheilocystidia (7)Image 28: Cheilocystidia (8)Image 29: Cheilocystidia (9)Image 30: Cheilocystidia (10)Image 31: Cheilocystidia (11)Image 32: SporesImage 33: Spores (2)
2: Meottomyces dissimulans (Winter Brownie)
14 Jan 1984 OSGR: SU18 51° 30’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Cap - close-up - in situImage 2: Cap - close-up - in situ (2)Image 3: Fruitbodies - in situImage 4: Fruitbodies - side view - in situImage 5: Fruitbody - side view - in situImage 6: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain downImage 7: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain down (2)Image 8: Cap - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Fruitbodies - young - side view showing gills - lain down - enlargedImage 10: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 11: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 12: DescriptionImage 13: Description - contdImage 14: Description - contd 2Image 15: Description - contd 3

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kühner, R. & Romagnesi, H. 1956 Compléments a la "Flore analytique" VII: Espéces nouvelles, critiques ou rares de Naucoriacées, Copriniacées et Lepiotacées Bull. Soc. des Natur. d’Oyonnax No 10 Mémoires hors série.
Legon, N. 2012 Fungal Portraits: No 49. Meottomyces dissimulans Field Mycology Vol 13 (1): 3-7.

Meottomyces dissimulans (Winter Brownie) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Meottomyces dissimulans (Winter Brownie)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Meottomyces dissimulans (Winter Brownie)
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