Author | Orton, P.D. |
Year | 1986 |
Title | Pluteaceae: Pluteus & Volvariella |
ISBN | 0 9504270 4 7 |
Series | British Fungus Flora, Agarics and Boleti |
Type | Book/Report |
How Complete | All British species known at the time |
Source | British Fungus Flora, Agarics and Boleti, vol 4, 99pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
Illustrations | Line drawings of microscopy, at the back |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Keys and detailed species accounts. The species concept adopted here is narrower than in more recent accounts (eg FAN 2 and the UK checklist). This is particularly in the yellow-capped group, where the author has always maintained that P. luteovirens has a yellowish-green cap (as the name implies), distinctly different from the warmer yellow of P. galeroides and P. xanthophaeus. |
Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | Couplet 48 (page 17) refers to Fig 11 - this should be Figs 13-18 (broad cystidia) and fig 10 should be 10-12 (narrow cystidia). Further more: figs 13-17 (especially 15) are drawn too broad (PDO: pers comm). |
Examine | Compound Microscope |
Specimen Preparation | Spore, cap cuticle and (facial) cystidia preps needed |
Identification difficulty | Mostly straightforward, with the microscopy, but the species around luteovirens and around griseoluridus are tricky. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | PLUTEACEAE | a family of toadstools | Fungi: Agaricales |
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