BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

BASIDIOMYCOTA Whittaker, 1959 (spore droppers)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Basidiomycota Fruitbody 25 August 2005 (Scotland) Scotland 14

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes #refs #webs
Class BASIDIOMYCETES G. Winter, 1881 (a fungus) 1769 8849 3772 3775 209 1136 2225
Class HYMENOMYCETES 1         24  
Class UREDINIOMYCETES D. Hawksw., B. Sutton & Ainsw., 1983 (urediniomycete fungi) 278 403 669 518   31 2236
Class USTILAGINOMYCETES R. Bauer, Oberw. & Vánky, 1997 (ustilaginomycetes) 180 66 77 88   39 441

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1986 Non-gilled Fungi
Cetto ?
Hansen, L & Knudsen, H (Eds), 1992 Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 2 (Polyp., Bolet., Agaric., Russ.)
Hansen, L & Knudsen, H, 1997 Nordic Macromycetes, Vol 3. (Hetero., Aphylloph., Gastero.)
Henrici, A., 2002 Update on Roger Phillips' Mushrooms and other fungi of Gt. Britain & Europe, further additions and corrections
Visual Fungi: http://www.mushrooms.org.uk Web Site/Page
Laessoe, T. & Peteren, J.H., 2007 Mycokey
(Web) Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycotina: http://www.basidiochecklist.info Web Site/Page
Marchand, A., 1971 Champignons du Nord et du Midi
Moser, M. & Jülich, W., 1991 Colour Atlas of Basidiomycetes
Moser, M., 1983 Keys to Agarics & Boleti
Phillips, R., 1981 (A good number of species.) Mushrooms & other Fungi of Great Britain & Europe
Phillips, R., 2006 (A good number of species.) Mushrooms
Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R., 1997 Keys to Fungi on Dung

General Works

Emmett, E., 2003 Microscopical techniques - staining with Congo Red
Henrici, A., 2002 Update on Roger Phillips' Mushrooms and other fungi of Gt. Britain & Europe, part 3
Henrici, A., 2005 Notes and Records (January 2005)
Ingold, C.T., 1990 The Ballistospore
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Orton, P.D., 1986 Fungi of Northern Pine and Boreal Woods
Ryvarden, L., 2001 Introduction to Wood-rotting Fungi, An

BASIDIOMYCOTA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with BASIDIOMYCOTA:

Basidiomycota may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)