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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M., 1987
Strophariaceae & Coprinaceae p.p.: Hypholoma, Melanotus, Psilocybe, Stropharia, Lacrymaria & Panaeolus
Key to Genera, and then for each genus, Key to Species followed by detailed species accounts.
Adopts a narrow species concept, splitting off several species (especially in Melanotus) which are no longer accepted.
| Publisher |
Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) |
| Volume |
Vol 5 |
| Pages |
104 |
| ISBN |
0 9504270 7 1 |
| Comments and Corrigenda |
Hypholoma Key, page 10: H. epixanthum is bitter but keyed out as mild so -
Couplet 3B Taste mild, not evven bitter after mastication .... 1. capnoides
Couplet 5 delete first alternative
Couplet 4 now has three alternatives.
Stropharia Key, page 57:
Coupple 4(3) delete spores 7-9/4-5µm as the other two taxa have similar sized spores.
Couplet 4x: In woods, on soil or sawdust 5 ("hedgerows, shady place e.g. amongst nettles" more likely to be S. caerulea.)
P64: S. pseudocyanea - penultimate line: can hardly be distinguished by smaller spores! 7-9/4-5 vs 7.5-9/4.5-5 (S. aeruginea) or 7.5-9/4.2-5.2µm (S. squamulosa) |
| Coverage |
All the British species then known. |
| Illustrations |
Lin drawings at the back. |
| Identify |
Under a Compound Microscope. |
| Specimen Prep. |
Microscopy of spores and cystidia, ammonia preps to detect chrysocystidia. |
Malcolm Storey
Taxonomic Scope
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