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Senn-Irlet, B., 1995

The Genus Crepidotus in Europe

Introduction, materials and methods, notes on characters, ecology, chorology, statistics.

Keys to European species, followed by species accounts. These comprise a description of macro- and micro-morphology, drawings of microscopy and often of fruitbodies, a list of collections examined and, finally, a short summary of field characters and notes on other interpretations.

Journal Persoonia
Volume Volume 16, Part 1
Page range 1-80
Comments and Corrigenda Page 11, last sentence: Fig 3 should read Fig 30
Coverage All the European species known at the time.
Illustrations SEM photographs of spores, etc on pp5-9, line drawings of microscopy in the text, 3 colour plates of photographs on pp77-79.
Identify Under a Compound Microscope.
Specimen Prep. Microscopy of hyphae (clamps), spores (size and ornamentation), cheilocystidia mounted in 5% KOH, with Congo Red for lamellae.
Difficulty Some features hard to see (presumably spore ornament); the author warns that excellent optical equipment is required.

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Taxonomic Scope

Crepidotus (Fr.) Staude, 1857 (oysterlings) Identification Current

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