AuthorSmith, W.G.
Year1908
TitleSynopsis of British Basidiomycetes
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the native British species and introduced species that grow outdoors, plus the more frequent species of heated greenhouses, as known at the time.
Source531pp, British Museum (Natural History)
IllustrationsLine drawings in the text plus mono-coloured plates at the back showing the Friesian classification
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

An early monograph covering our entire basidiomycete mycota based on the Friesian classification. Keys to families and genera, and partial keys to species. Each genus starts with an outline drawing.

The book is based on the preparatory notes for creating and displaying a large permanent exhibition of coloured drawings at the British Museum (now the Natural History Museum.)

Mainly useful now for the translations of the scientific names.

Can be downloaded from BHL.

Examine in the Hand ( with x8 or x10 hand lens is also useful)
Website urlwww.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21969

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationSupersededBASIDIOMYCOTAspore droppers, basidiomycetesFungi
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