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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
AGARICACEAE
(mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols)
Agaricaceae
is also a member of:
Macromycetes
(via Agaricales)
Fungi sl.
Lower Plants
(via Fungi ss.)

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

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes #refs
Genus Agaricus L., 1753 (true mushrooms) 23 182 140 94 20 36
Species Allopsalliota geesterani (Bas & Heinem.) Nauta & Bas, 1999 (a mushroom)           4
Species Battarrea phalloides (Dicks.) Pers., 1801 (Sandy Stiltball)           12
Genus Bovista Pers., 1801 (bovists, balloon fungi) 2 10 13 34 6 3
Species Bovistella radicata (Durieu & Mont.) Pat., 1889 (Rooting Puffball)           1
Species Calvatia gigantea (Batsch) Lloyd, 1904 (Giant Puffball)   12   6   2
Species Chamaemyces fracidus (Fr.) Donk, 1962 (Dewdrop Dapperling)   6     5 1
Genus Chlorophyllum (a genus of parasols) 4 7     5 8
Genus Cystoderma Fayod, 1889 (powdercaps) 4 20 50 29 12 3
Genus Cystolepiota Singer, 1952 (a genus of dapperlings) 8 39 6   24 5
Species Handkea excipuliformis (Scop.) Kreisel, 1989 (Pestle Puffball)   4 10     1
Species Handkea utriformis (Bull.) Pers., 1989 (Mosaic Puffball)   11 8 4   1
Genus Lepiota (Pers.) Gray, 1821 (a genus of dapperlings) 25 208 52 95 79 25
Genus Leucoagaricus (Locq.) Singer, 1948 (a genus of dapperlings) 14 22 5 20 7 21
Genus Leucocoprinus Pat., 1888 (a genus of dapperlings) 4 7 3   5 4
Genus Lycoperdon Tourn. ex L., 1754 (a genus of puffballs) 6 61 5 22 3 5
Genus Macrolepiota Singer, 1948 (a genus of parasols) 6 50   13 17 4
Genus Melanophyllum Velen., 1921 (a genus of dapperlings) 2 26   5 11 2
Species Phaeolepiota aurea (Matt.) Konrad & Maubl., 1928 (Golden Bootleg)           3
Species Queletia mirabilis Fr., 1871 (Quelet's Stalk Puffball)           1
Genus Tulostoma Pers., 1794 (stalkballs) 2 9   4   7
Species Vascellum pratense (Pers.) Kreisel, 1962 (Meadow Puffball)   18   9   1

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., 2001 Allopsalliota Nauta & Bas
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., 2001 Agaricaceae (Fr.) Cohn (Key to genera)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 32 general literature references to AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols)

AGARICACEAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)		 BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)		 BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)		 AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)		 AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)
Macromycetes (via Agaricales) Fungi sl.

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 380 feeding and other relationships of AGARICACEAE (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols)

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