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AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes #refs #webs
Family AGARICACEAE Chevall., 1826 (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols) 130 493 210 211   59 307
Family BOLBITIACEAE Singer, 1948 (a family of toadstools) 138 327 98 167 36 41 268
Family CLAVARIACEAE Chevall., 1826 (fairy clubs) 36 107 45 75   11 93
Family COPRINACEAE Overeem & Weese, 1924 (ink cap toadstools) 22 65 1   3 15 33
Family CORTINARIACEAE R. Heim ex Pouzar, 1983 (a family of toadstools) 439 877 459 385 3 83 964
Family ENTOLOMATACEAE Kotl. & Pouzar, 1972 (pinkgills) 181 739 283 344   48 295
Family FISTULINACEAE Lotsy, 1907 (a family of bracket fungi) 1            
Species Fistulina hepatica (Schaeff.) With., 1792 (Beefsteak Fungus)   10 2 3     11
Family HYDNANGIACEAE Gäum. & C.W. Dodge, 1928 (a family of toadstools) 11 46 23 16 9 9 18
Family LYCOPERDACEAE Chevall., 1826 (puffballs) 20 114 38 75   3 34
Family MARASMIACEAE Roze ex Kühner, 1980 (a family of toadstools) 70 210 165 116   40 389
Family NIACEAE Jülich, 1982 (a family of marine basidiomycetes) 1            
Species Nia vibrissa R.T. Moore & Meyers, 1961 (a marine basidiomycete)             1
Family NIDULARIACEAE Dumort., 1822 (bird's nest fungi) 10 33 31     2 42
Family OMPHALOTACEAE Bresinsky, 1985 (a family of toadstools) 1            
Species Omphalotus illudens (Schwein.) Bresinsky & Besl, 1979 (Jack O’lantern)   1       3 9
Family PHYSALACRIACEAE Corner, 1970 (a family of chanterelles) 2            
Species Physalacria cryptomeriae Berthier & Rogerson, 1981 (a chanterelle)             2
Species Physalacria stilboidea (Cooke) Sacc., 1891 (a chanterelle)             2
Family PLEUROTACEAE Kühner, 1980 (oyster fungi) 17 59 11 25   9 92
Family PLUTEACEAE Kotl. & Pouzar, 1972 (a family of toadstools) 80 510 92 168 35 60 383
Family PSATHYRELLACEAE (Singer) Vilgalys, Moncalvo & Redhead, 2001 (a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools) 157 412 36 161 46 31 389
Family PTERULACEAE Corner, 1970 (a family of coral fungi) 5            
Genus Pterula Fr., 1825 (a genus of coral fungi) 5   2       16
Family SCHIZOPHYLLACEAE Quél., 1888 (a family of basidiomycete fungi) 6 13 24 13   6 27
Family STROPHARIACEAE Singer & A.H. Sm., 1946 (a family of toadstools) 77 248 71 96   49 339
Family TRICHOLOMATACEAE R. Heim ex Pouzar, 1983 (a family of toadstools) 480 2036 1091 738 65 254 1450
Family TULOSTOMATACEAE E. Fisch., 1900 (stalkballs) 4 9   4   14 12
Family TYPHULACEAE Jülich, 1982 (a family of minute club fungi) 21 6 23 18   2 105

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Gruppo Micologico <<G. Bresadola>> di Trento - image gallery: http://www.mtsn.tn.it/bresadola/gallery_index.asp Web Site/Page
Swedish Fungi: http://swefungi.se/swindex.html Web Site/Page
Bon, M., 1997 Clitocybes, Omphales et ressemblants
Bon, M., 1999 Les Collybio-Marasmioides et ressemblants
Henderson, D.M., Orton, P.D. & Watling, R., 1969 Agarics and Boleti - Introduction
McAdam, A., 2007 Keys to the genera of Agarics and Boletes
Machiel's Website: http://www.entoloma.nl/ Web Site/Page

General Works

Cullington, P., 2006 Using gill attachment as an identification aid
Dennis, R.W.G., Orton, P.D. & Hora, F.B., 1960 New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti
Marrit, J.V.R., 2005 A tool for the assessment of agaric site diversity
Orton, P.D. & Tofts, R., 1998 The Species Accumulation Curve for Agarics and Boleti from a Caledonian Pinewood.
Orton, P.D., 1960 New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III

AGARICALES may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with AGARICALES:

Photos basidiome (decayed) decayed basidiome is decayed by fruitbody Dendrocollybia racemosa - Branched Shanklet (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
basidiome (decaying) decaying basidiome is decayed by fruitbody Collybia cirrhata - Piggyback Shanklet (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
basidiome (mummified) mummified basidiome is decayed by fruitbody Collybia cirrhata - Piggyback Shanklet (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos basidiome (mummified) mummified basidiome is decayed by fruitbody Dendrocollybia racemosa - Branched Shanklet (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody (old) old fruitbody is parasitised by subiculate perithecium Hypomyces aurantius - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Photos fruitbody (old) old fruitbody is parasitised by Cladobotryum anamorph Hypomyces aurantius - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
fruitbody (old) old fruitbody is decayed by effuse colony of Amblyosporium anamorph Amblyosporium spongiosum - an anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
fruitbody (rotting) rotting fruitbody is decayed by synnema of Tilachlidium anamorph Tilachlidium brachiatum - an anamorphic fungus (Hypocreales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by colony of Penicillium anamorph Penicillium aurantiogriseum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by compact colony of Penicillium anamorph Penicillium brevicompactum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Photos fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by subiculate, gregarious perithecium Hypomyces viridis - an ascomycete fungus (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
stipe, fruitbody stipe of fruitbody is parasitised by fruitbody Squamanita pearsonii - Strathy Strangler (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Agaricales may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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