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AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes #refs
Family AGARICACEAE Chevall., 1826 (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols) 110 692 292 335 194 159
Family BOLBITIACEAE Singer, 1948 (fieldcap and conecap toadstools) 28 130 23 49 88 31
Family CLAVARIACEAE Chevall., 1826 (fairy clubs) 25 109 43 75 22 20
Family COPRINACEAE Overeem & Weese, 1924 (ink cap toadstools) 13 65 1   26 23
Family CORTINARIACEAE R. Heim ex Pouzar, 1983 (webcaps, rootshanks and the gypsy) 83 395 271 154 77 88
Family CYPHELLACEAE Lotsy, 1907 (a family of cyphelloid fungi) 1          
Species Cheimonophyllum candidissimum (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Singer, 1955 (an ear fungus)           2
Family ENTOLOMATACEAE Kotl. & Pouzar, 1972 (pinkgills) 73 739 279 344 110 71
Family FISTULINACEAE Lotsy, 1907 (a family of bracket fungi) 1 10 2 3    
Family HYDNANGIACEAE Gäum. & C.W. Dodge, 1928 (a family of toadstools) 8 48 22 16 15 18
Family HYGROPHORACEAE (waxcaps and woodwaxes) 60 669 365 147 143 68
Family INOCYBACEAE (a family of toadstools) 70 417 124 160 203 69
Family LYOPHYLLACEAE (a family of toadstools) 23 161 74 30 49 24
Family MARASMIACEAE Roze ex Kühner, 1980 (a family of toadstools) 65 362 272 187 134 112
Family MYCENACEAE (bonnt toadstools and their allies) 51 399 137 227 170 51
Family NIDULARIACEAE Dumort., 1822 (bird's nest fungi) 4 37 31   5 5
Family OMPHALOTACEAE Bresinsky, 1985 (a family of toadstools) 1 1       4
Species Panaeolina foenisecii (Pers.) Maire, 1933 (Brown Mottlegill, Haymaker)   12 3   5 5
Genus Panaeolus (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (mottlegill toadstools) 7 28 15 30 26 17
Family PHYSALACRIACEAE Corner, 1970 (a family of chanterelles) 3 33 16 26 12 11
Family PLEUROTACEAE Kühner, 1980 (oyster fungi) 9 59 11 25 20 21
Family PLUTEACEAE Kotl. & Pouzar, 1972 (a family of toadstools) 60 524 88 175 194 119
Family PSATHYRELLACEAE (Singer) Vilgalys, Moncalvo & Redhead, 2001 (a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools) 81 417 34 161 246 94
Family PTERULACEAE Corner, 1970 (a family of coral fungi) 2          
Genus Pterula Fr., 1825 (a genus of coral fungi) 1   2      
Genus Radulomyces M.P. Christ., 1960 (a genus of resupinate basidiomycetes) 1 25 14 25   1
Family SCHIZOPHYLLACEAE Quél., 1888 (a family of basidiomycete fungi) 5 16 26 13   10
Family STROPHARIACEAE Singer & A.H. Sm., 1946 (a family of toadstools) 90 542 184 283 207 166
Family TRICHOLOMATACEAE R. Heim ex Pouzar, 1983 (a family of toadstools) 115 702 294 231 178 203
Family TYPHULACEAE Jülich, 1982 (a family of minute club fungi) 5 10 19 18   4

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Gruppo Micologico <<G. Bresadola>> di Trento - image gallery: http://www.mtsn.tn.it/bresadola/gallery_index.asp Gruppo Micologico <<G. Bresadola>> di Trento - image gallery
Swedish Fungi: http://swefungi.se/swindex.html Swedish Fungi
Bon, M., 1997 Clitocybes, Omphales et ressemblants
Bon, M., 1999 Les Collybio-Marasmioides et ressemblants
Bresadola, G., 1927 Iconographia Mycologica
Henderson, D.M., Orton, P.D. & Watling, R., 1969 Agarics and Boleti - Introduction
Lange, J.E., 1935 Flora Agaricina Danica (5 volumes)
Marchand, A., 1971 Champignons du Nord et du Midi (8 volumes)
McAdam, A., 2007 Keys to the genera of Agarics and Boletes
Machiel's Website: http://www.entoloma.nl/ Machiel's Website
Morphing Mushroom Identifier: http://www.mycokey.com/newMycoKeySite/MycoKeyIdentQuick.html Morphing Mushroom Identifier

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 325 general literature references to AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICALES 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)
Macromycetes (via Agaricales) Fungi sl.

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5627 feeding and other relationships of AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)

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