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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Pegler, D.N., Roberts, P.J. & Spooner B.M., 1997
British Chanterelles & Tooth Fungi
Nicely presented work with very complete descriptions and rather mixed colour photographs.
The first key (p13) is to orders and familes. It is followed by the orders, each with a short account, followed by a key to families, and so on. The final keys to species are followed by very full species accounts with a colour photograph and line drawings of microscopy.
Some of the colour plates were excessively blue in early printings (eg pages 55,67). Later printings are better.
| Publisher |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG (K)) |
| Pages |
114 |
| ISBN |
1 900347 15 6 |
| Comments and Corrigenda |
The same couplets are repeated slightly differently in some keys, eg couplets 5 & 6 on p13 are longer or slightly different from their equivalents in the keys on pages 44 & 58. |
| Coverage |
All the British species known at the time. |
| Illustrations |
A colour photograph and line drawings of the microscopy accompany each species entry. |
| Identify |
Under a Compound Microscope. |
| Specimen Prep. |
Microscopic examination of spores and basidia (Chanterelles) or context hyphae (Tooth fungi). KOH (or other alkali) is useful to distinguish Hydnellum and Phellodon. Melzer's Iodine needed for Hericiales. |
| Difficulty |
Chanterelles are straightforward but Tooth fungi can be challenging - even separation of the two families needs a good spore print. |
Malcolm Storey
Taxonomic Scope
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