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PLUTEACEAE Kotl. & Pouzar, 1972 (a family of toadstools)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes #refs #webs
Genus Amanita Pers., 1797 (grisettes and amanitas) 35 228 35 75 35 27 97
Genus Limacella Earle, 1909 (slimecap toadstools) 6         2 16
Genus Pluteus Fr., 1836 (shield toadstools) 29 206 57 57   15 197
Genus Volvariella Speg., 1899 (rosegill toadstools) 10 76   36   10 73

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Bas, C., Kuper, T.W., Noordeloos, M.E. and Vellinga, E.C., 1990 Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 2
Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1995 (including Amanitaceae) Agarics, 2nd part
Kühner, R. & Romagnesi, H., 1956 Compléments a la "Flore analytique"
VIII) Espéces nouvelles, critiques ou rares de Volvariacées
Orton, P.D., 1986 Pluteaceae: Pluteus & Volvariella
Velinga, E.C. Chapter in…

General Works

Henrici, A., 2001 (including Amanitaceae) Update on Roger Phillips' Mushrooms and other fungi of Gt. Britain & Europe, part 2: white and pink-spored agarics

PLUTEACEAE 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)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with PLUTEACEAE:

Pluteaceae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

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