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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Kibby, G., 2000
A User-friendly Key to the Genus Leccinum in Great Britain
A well-produced and useful account of this increasingly difficult genus. After a general introduction, the key character states are described in some detail. This is followed by a letter-based synoptic key to species groups, keys to each species group and a short account for each species.
The key follows Lannoy & Estades work which is now superseded.
Available for download from the resources section of the BMS website.
| Publisher |
Field Mycology |
| Volume |
Volume 1 (1) |
| Pages |
10 |
| Web site |
http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/resources.asp?Cat=Keys%20to%20Fungi |
| Comments and Corrigenda |
Field Mycology volume 1 (2), page 55, gives an update to the key to separate L. aurantiacum and L. populinum in couplet 4. |
| Coverage |
All the British species recognised at the time, although several of these have since been "lumped" following DNA work. |
| Illustrations |
Colour photographs on the back cover and small thumbnails used for examples of characters in the main text. |
| Identify |
Under a Compound Microscope. |
| Specimen Prep. |
Fresh specimens, colour changes on cutting, microscopy of cap cuticle. |
| Difficulty |
A few can be identified macroscopically, and the remainder are comparatively straightforward if you do the microscopy. |
| News |
Subsequent DNA work on Leccinum has shown the plethora of new species introduced by Lannoy & Estades to be merely habitat-induced variations. |
Malcolm Storey
Taxonomic Scope
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