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AGARICACEAE Chevall., 1826 (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Genus Agaricus L., 1753 (true mushrooms) 39 157 144 84 17 72
Species Allopsalliota geesterani (Bas & Heinem.) Nauta & Bas, 1999 (a mushroom)         3  
Species Chamaemyces fracidus (Fr.) Donk, 1962 (Dewdrop Dapperling)   6     1 3
Genus Chlorophyllum (a genus of parasols) 4 7     3 5
Genus Cystolepiota Singer, 1952 (a genus of dapperlings) 6 37 6   2 24
Genus Lepiota (Pers.) Gray, 1821 (a genus of dapperlings) 42 181 52 89 4 108
Genus Leucoagaricus (Locq.) Singer, 1948 (a genus of dapperlings) 21 22 5 20 14 57
Genus Leucocoprinus Pat., 1888 (a genus of dapperlings) 7 7 3   3 17
Genus Macrolepiota Singer, 1948 (a genus of parasols) 7 50   13 2 10
Genus Melanophyllum Velen., 1921 (a genus of dapperlings) 2 26   5 1 11

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Bon, M., 1995 (Lepiotaceae) Les Lepiotes
Bon, M, 1981 (Lepiotaceae) Clé Monographique des "Lepiotes" D'Europe
Breitenbach J., & Kränzlin F., 1995 Agarics, 2nd part
Candusso, M. & Lanzoni, G., 1990 (Lepioa sl.) Lepiota s.l.
Kühner, R. & Romagnesi, H., 1956 (Mainly Lepiotaceae) Compléments a la "Flore analytique"
VII) Espéces nouvelles, critiques ou rares de Naucoriacées, Copriniacées et Lepiotacées
Nauta, M.M. Chapter in…
Noordeloos, M.E., Kuyper, Th.W., Vellinga, E.C., 2001 (A modern treatment of Agraicus sl. by M. M. Nauta and of Lepiota sl by E. C. Vellinga.) Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 5
Vellinga, E.C. Chapter in…

General Works

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

AGARICACEAE 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 AGARICACEAE:

Agaricaceae 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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