Pluteus Fr.
(shield toadstools)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 13 images 4 ident. refs
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Species 18 images 2 ident. refs
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Species 95 images 3 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 4 images 1 ident. refs
Cap (Click to open)
Species 25 images 2 ident. refs
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Species 44 images 1 ident. refs
Cap (Click to open)
Species 15 images
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 39 images
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 22 images 1 ident. refs
Cap (Click to open)
Species 18 images
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Species 55 images 2 ident. refs
Cap (Click to open)
Species 34 images
Species 2 ident. refs
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Species 15 images 3 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 16 images
Cap (Click to open)
Species 13 images 2 ident. refs
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Species 24 images 3 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Unidentified 20 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPluteus (shield toadstools)
FamilyPLUTEACEAE (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Iliffe, R. 2010 Getting to grips with Pluteus Field Mycology Vol 11 (3): 78-92, rear cover.
Kibby, G, Burnham, A. & Henrici, A. 2010 Some problems with the genus Pluteus Field Mycology Vol 11 (3): 93-100.
Orton, P.D. 1960 *** New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list ***(Superseded) TBMS Vol 43 (2): 159-439.

Section Hispidoderma

Ferisin, G. & Dovana, F. 2019 Il genere Pluteus, sezione Hispidoderma Rivista Micologica Romana Vol 1: 23-51.

Pluteus (shield toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pluteus (shield toadstools)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 197 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pluteus (shield toadstools)
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