Identification of the Larger Fungi
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IDENTIFICATION OF THE LARGER FUNGI
PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Where to look
Collecting
Examination
Microscopic examination
Key to the major classes of Larger Fungi
Key to major groups based on character of basidium and fruit-body shape
A. AGARICS AND THEIR RELATIVES
Key to major genera
(i) Agarics of woodlands and copses
(a) Mycorrhizal formers
(b) Parasites
(c) Saprophytes—wood inhabiting or lignicolous agarics
(d) Saprophytes—terrestrial agarics
(ii) Agarics of Pastures and Meadows
(a) Agarics of rough and hill pastures
(b) Agarics of chalk-grassland and rich uplands
(c) Agarics of meadows and valley-bottom grasslands
(d) Fairy-ring formers
(e) Agarics of urban areas—lawn and parkland agarics
(f) Agarics of wasteland and hedgerows
B. BRACKET-FUNGI AND THEIR RELATIVES
Key to major genera
(i) Pored and toothed fungi
(a) Colonisers of tree trunks, stumps and branches
(b) Destroyers of timber in buildings
(c) Colonisers of cones
(d) Terrestrial forms
(ii) Chanterelles and relatives
Cantharellus cibarius Fries Chanterelle
Craterellus cornucopioides (Fries) Persoon Horn of plenty
(iii) Fairy-club fungi
Clavulina rugosa (Fries) Schroeter Wrinkled club
Clavaria vermicularis Fries White spindles
Clavulinopsis corniculata (Fries), Corner (p. 171).
Typhula erythropus Fries.
Pistillaria micans Fries.
General notes on the club-fungi
Thelephora terrestris Fries Earth-fan
(iv) Resupinate fungi
C. THE JELLY FUNGI
Key to the major groups
Dacrymyces stillatus Nees ex Fries
Hirneola auricula-judae (St Amans) Berkeley Jew’s ear
Auricularia mesenterica (S. F. Gray) Persoon
Exidia glandulosa (St Amans) Fries Witch’s butter
D. THE STOMACH FUNGI
Key to some groups
Lycoperdon pyriforme Persoon Stump puff-ball
L. perlatum Persoon
L. foetidum Bonorden
Langermannia gigantea (Persoon) Rostkovius Giant puff-ball
Calvatia utriformis (Fries) Jaap (= C. caelata (Persoon) Morgan)
C. excipuliformis (Fries) Perdeck (= C. saccata (Vahl.) Morgan)
Bovista nigrescens Persoon
Earth-stars and Earth-balls
Earth-balls
Stinkhorns
Phallus impudicus Persoon Common stinkhorn
Mutinus caninus (Persoon) Fries
Birds nest fungi
Crucibulum laeve (de Candolle) Kambly
Sphaerobolus stellatus Persoon
E. CUP FUNGI AND ALLIES
General Notes.
Aleuria aurantia (Fries) Fuckel Orange-peel fungus or Scarlet elf-cup
Peziza repanda Persoon Elf-cup
Morchella esculenta St Amans Common morel
Gyromirta esculenta (Persoon) Fries Turban-fungus
Helvella crispa Fries Common white helvella
Helvella lacunosa Fries, ‘Slate grey Helvella’
Leptopodia elastica (St Amans) Boudier
Cyathipodia macropus (Fries) Dennis
Mitrula paludosa Fries, the ‘Bog beacon’
Rhizina undulata Pine fire fungus
Daldinia concentrica (Fries) Cesati & de Notaris Cramp-balls
Xylosphaera polymorpha (Mérat) Dumortier Dead man’s fingers
Xylosphaera hypoxylon Dumortier Stag’s horn fungus
F. SPECIALIZED HABITATS
(i) Fungi of dung and straw heaps
Bolbitius vitellinus (Fries) Fries Yellow cow-pat toadstool
Stropharia semiglobata (Fries) Quélet Dung-roundhead
Mottle-gills—on dung from Spring until Autumn.
Coprinus cinereus (Fries) S. F. Gray Dung-heap ink-cap
The genus Coprinus—or Ink-caps
General notes on dung-loving fungi and their habitats
(ii) Fungi of bonfire-sites
Pholiota highlandensis (Peck) A. H. Smith Charcoal pholiota
Tephrocybe anthracophila (Lasch) P. D. Orton
Psathyrella pennata (Fries) Pearson & Dennis Bonfire brittle-cap
Coprinus angulatus Peck Bonfire ink-cap
General notes on fungi of burnt sites
(iii) Fungi of bogs and marshes
(a) Sphagnum bogs
(b) Alder-carrs
(iv) Fungi of beds of herbaceous plants
On herbaceous stems
On bare soil
(v) Fungi of moss-cushions
Galerina hypnorum (Fries) Kühner
Galerina mycenopsis (Fries) Kühner
(vi) Heath and mountain fungi
(a) Moorland fungi
(b) Mountain fungi and the so-called Basidiolichens
(vii) Sand-dune fungi
Inocybe dunensis P. D. Orton
Psathyrella ammophila (Durieu & Léville) P. D. Orton Sand-dune brittle-cap
(viii) Subterranean fungi
General notes
Basidiomycetes
Ascomycetes
(ix) Fungal parasites
Nyctalis parasitica (Fries) Fries Pick-a-back-toadstool
General notes on Fungicoles
G. APPENDIX
(i) Species list of specialised habitats
INTRODUCTION
General Woodland
Conifer Woods
Deciduous Woods General
Beech Woods
Birch Woods
Oak Woods
Specific Tree Species
Grasslands
Lawns: Wasteland: Hedgerows
Specialised habitats
(ii) Glossary of technical terms
Illustrations
Abbreviations for illustrations used throughout the text
(iii) Fairy rings
(iv) Development of the agaric fruit-body
(v) References
A. Reference Texts
B. General Texts
C. Journals
D. Advanced Texts
INDEX
Latin Names
Common Names
Transcriber’s Notes
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