Melanoleuca bataillei Malençon
(Dune Cavalier)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelanoleuca bataillei (Dune Cavalier)
GenusMelanoleuca (cavalier toadstools)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Melanoleuca bataillei (Dune Cavalier) :
1: Melanoleuca bataillei (Dune Cavalier)
23 Oct 2008 OSGR: ST36 51° 20’ N, 2° 60’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
among dune grasses, on sand dunes
Image 1: Arranged to show top and undersideImage 2: Cap - in situ - close-upImage 3: Cap - in situ - close-up (2)Image 4: Fruitbody - lain down to show underisdeImage 5: Fruitbody - LSImage 6: Gills - close-upImage 7: Cheilocystidium - magnifiedImage 8: Cystidium from gill squash - magnifiedImage 9: Spores - magnifiedImage 10: Spores - magnified (2)Image 11: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 12: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 13: Spores - profile view - highly magnifiedImage 14: Spores - surface view - highly magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kibby, G. 2016 Readers’ Finds (Jan 2016) Field Mycology Vol 17 (1): 23-28.
Robinson, K. 2003 Fungi of the Lincolnshire Dunes Field Mycology Vol 4 (2): 49-51.

Melanoleuca bataillei (Dune Cavalier) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melanoleuca bataillei (Dune Cavalier)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melanoleuca bataillei (Dune Cavalier)

Vulnerable

Vulnerable

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