Agaricaceae

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Agaricus true mushrooms	Genus	25 subtaxa	487 images	34 ident. refs
Allopsalliota geesterani a mushroom	Species			5 ident. refs
Apioperdon stump puffballs	Genus	1 subtaxa	10 images
Battarrea phalloides Sandy Stiltball, Sandy Stilt Puffball	Species			7 ident. refs
Bovista bovists, balloon fungi	Genus	2 subtaxa	63 images	1 ident. refs
Calvatia gigantea Giant Puffball	Species		18 images	1 ident. refs
Chamaemyces fracidus Dewdrop Dapperling	Species		11 images	2 ident. refs
Chlorophyllum a genus of parasols	Genus	4 subtaxa	12 images	6 ident. refs
Coprinus inkcaps	Genus	10 subtaxa	67 images	14 ident. refs
Crucibulum laeve Common Bird’s Nest, White-egg Bird’s Nest	Species		24 images
Cyathus a genus of bird’s nest fungi	Genus	3 subtaxa	49 images	4 ident. refs
Cystoderma powdercaps	Genus	2 subtaxa	102 images	3 ident. refs
Cystodermella cinnabarina Cinnabar Powdercap	Species		7 images	1 ident. refs
Cystodermella granulosa a powdercap	Species		2 images
Cystolepiota a genus of dapperlings	Genus	7 subtaxa	69 images	4 ident. refs
Echinoderma	Genus	3 subtaxa	33 images	3 ident. refs
Lepiota a genus of dapperlings	Genus	24 subtaxa	444 images	20 ident. refs
Leucoagaricus a genus of dapperlings	Genus	18 subtaxa	54 images	27 ident. refs
Leucocoprinus a genus of dapperlings	Genus	5 subtaxa	15 images	6 ident. refs
Lycoperdon puffballs	Genus	10 subtaxa	145 images	10 ident. refs
Macrolepiota a genus of parasols	Genus	6 subtaxa	114 images	5 ident. refs
Melanophyllum a genus of dapperlings	Genus	2 subtaxa	42 images	2 ident. refs
Mycenastrum corium a basidiomycete	Species			2 ident. refs
Phaeolepiota aurea Golden Bootleg	Species			3 ident. refs
Queletia mirabilis Quelet’s Stalk Puffball	Species			1 ident. refs
Tulostoma stalkballs	Genus	2 subtaxa	13 images	5 ident. refs

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Bon, M.	1995	Les Lepiotes	Documents Mycologiques - Flore Mycologique d'Europe, 3, 141 plus platespp, Marcel Bon
	Bon, M	1981	Clé Monographique des "Lepiotes" D’Europe	Documents Mycologiques
	Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F.	1995	Agarics, 2nd part	Fungi of Switzerland, Vol 4, 368pp, Mykologia, Lucerne
	Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F.	1995	Agarics, 2nd part	Fungi of Switzerland, Vol 4, 368pp, Mykologia, Lucerne
	Brodie, H.J.	1975	The Birds Nest Fungi	xv + 199pp, University of Toronto Press
	Candusso, M. & Lanzoni, G.	1990	Lepiota s.l.	Fungi Europaei, Vol 4, 743pp, Biella Giovanna
	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.
	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.
	Nauta, M.M.		Allopsalliota Nauta & Bas	Vellinga, E.C. Agaricaceae (Fr.) Cohn (Key to genera), 2pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 5
	Noordeloos, M.E., Kuyper, T.W. & Vellinga, E.C.	2005	Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 6	Flora Agaricina Neerlandica, 6, A. A. Balkema
	Noordeloos, M.E., Kuyper, Th.W., Vellinga, E.C.	2001	Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 5	Flora Agaricina Neerlandica, 5, 169pp, A. A. Balkema
()	Pegler, D.N., Laessoe, T. & Spooner, B.M.	1995	British Puffballs, Earthstars & Stinkhorns	255pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
	Vellinga, E.C.		Agaricaceae (Fr.) Cohn (Key to genera)	Vellinga, E.C. Agaricaceae (Fr.) Cohn (Key to genera), 2pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 5
Dung Fungi
()	Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R.	1997	Keys to Fungi on Dung	2 edition, 68pp, British Mycological Society

AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 437 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

Most can be dried in the normal way, but species which autodigest too quickly can be placed in the air stream from a fan heater for fast, effective results.

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Family	AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

AGARICACEAE Chevall.
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols, puffballs and bird’s-nests)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

AGARICACEAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Dung Fungi

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