Psathyrella

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Psathyrella ammophila Dune Brittlestem	Species		2 images	1 ident. refs
Psathyrella bipellis a brittlestem	Species		16 images	1 ident. refs
Psathyrella candolleana Pale Brittlestem	Species		40 images
Psathyrella cernua a toadstool	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella clivensis a brittlestem	Species		18 images
Psathyrella corrugis Red Edge Brittlestem	Species		28 images
Psathyrella cotonea Yellowfoot Brittlestem	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella fatua a brittlestem	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella fimiseda (A Brittlestem Toadstool)	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella fusca a brittlestem	Species		9 images	1 ident. refs
Psathyrella hirta a brittlestem	Species		4 images
Psathyrella lutensis a brittlestem	Species		22 images
Psathyrella maculata Spotted Brittlestem	Species		15 images
Psathyrella melanthina	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella merdicola (A Brittlestem Toadstool)	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella microrhiza Rootlet Brittlestem	Species		35 images
Psathyrella murcida a brittlestem	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella olympiana a toadstool	Species		14 images
Psathyrella panaeoloides a brittlestem	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella pennata a brittlestem	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella pervelata a fungus	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella phegophila a brittlestem	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella piluliformis Common Stump Brittlestem	Species		17 images
Psathyrella potteri a brittlestem	Species		9 images
Psathyrella prona a brittlestem	Species	1 subtaxa	14 images
Psathyrella pseudogordonii a brittlestem	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella pygmaea Pygmy Brittlestem	Species		13 images	2 ident. refs
Psathyrella rostellata a brittlestem	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella scatophila a brittlestem	Species			2 ident. refs
Psathyrella senex a brittlestem	Species		13 images
Psathyrella spadiceogrisea Spring Brittlestem	Species		21 images
Psathyrella sphaerocystis a brittlestem	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella stercoraria a brittlestem	Species			1 ident. refs
Psathyrella tephrophylla a brittlestem	Species		9 images
[Psathyrella cernua/olympiana] a pair of brittlestem toadstools	Informal	2 subtaxa	14 images	2 ident. refs
[Psathyrella corrugis agg.] a pair of brittlestem toadstools	Informal	1 subtaxa	28 images

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cullington, P.	2006	Psathyrella species with a red gill edge	Field Mycology Vol 7 (3): 93-99.
	Hausknecht, A.	1997	Some rare Agaricales with brown or darker spores	Fungi Non Delineati Pars II.
	Kits van Waveren, E.	1987	* Additions to our monograph on Psathyrella *(Superseded)	Persoonia, Vol 13, Part 3, pp 327-368 Persoonia Vol 13, Part3: 327-368.
	Kits van Waveren, E.	1985	* The Dutch, French and British Species of Psathyrella *(Superseded)	Persoonia Supplement, Vol 2, 300pp, Rijksherbarium, Leiden
	Melzer, A.	2013	The genus Psathyrella in Europe	www.vielepilze.de/selten/psat/epsat.html
	Melzer, A.	2013	The genus Psathyrella in Europe	http://www.vielepilze.de/selten/psat/epsat.html
Coprophilous Species
	Larsson, E. & Orstadius, L.	2008	Fourteen coprophilous species of Psathyrella identified in the Nordic countries using morphology and nuclear rDNA sequence data	Mycol. Res. 112 (10): 1165-1185.
Sect. Spadiceae
	Vasutova, M.	2008	Taxonomic studies on Psathyrella sect. Spadiceae	Czech Mycology vol 60(2): 137-171.

Psathyrella (brittlestem toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PSATHYRELLACEAE
(a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)

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 Psathyrella (brittlestem toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 208 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Psathyrella (brittlestem toadstools)

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Genus	Psathyrella (brittlestem toadstools)
Family	PSATHYRELLACEAE (a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)
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)

Psathyrella (Fr.) Quél.
(brittlestem toadstools)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Psathyrella is also a member of:

Identification Works

Coprophilous Species

Sect. Spadiceae

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