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Psathyrella (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (brittlestem toadstools)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #microphotos #notes #refs
Species Psathyrella ammophila (Durieu & Lév.) P.D. Orton, 1960 (Dune Brittlestem)       1
Species Psathyrella bipellis (Quél.) A.H. Sm., 1946 (a brittlestem) 6 10    
Species Psathyrella candolleana (Fr.) G. Bertrand, 1913 (Pale Brittlestem) 22 13 5 2
Species Psathyrella clivensis (Berk. & Broome) P.D. Orton, 1960 (a brittlestem) 7 11    
Species Psathyrella conopilus (Fr.) A. Pearson & Dennis, 1948 (Conical Brittlestem) 7   5 2
Species Psathyrella corrugis (Pers.) Konrad & Maubl., 1948 (Red Edge Brittlestem) 12 10 6 1
Species Psathyrella friesii Kits van Wav., 1977 (a brittlestem) 5   8  
Species Psathyrella fusca (Schumach.) A. Pearson, 1952 (a brittlestem) 4   5  
Species Psathyrella hirta Peck, 1897 (a brittlestem) 4      
Species Psathyrella lutensis (Romagn.) M.M. Moser ex Bon, 1983 (a brittlestem) 16   6  
Species Psathyrella maculata (C.S. Parker) A.H. Sm., 1972 (a brittlestem) 10   5  
Species Psathyrella marcescibilis (Britzelm.) Singer, 1951 (a brittlestem) 7   4  
Species Psathyrella microrrhiza (Lasch) Konrad & Maubl., 1948 (Rootlet Brittlestem) 18   17 1
Species Psathyrella multipedata (Peck) A.H. Sm., 1941 (Clustered Brittlestem)       1
Species Psathyrella murcida (Fr.) Kits van Wav., 1985 (a brittlestem)       1
Species Psathyrella narcotica Kits van Wav., 1971 (a brittlestem)       1
Species Psathyrella olympiana A.H. Sm., 1941 (a toadstool) 5   9  
Species Psathyrella pennata (Fr.) Konrad & Maubl., 1948 (a brittlestem)       1
Species Psathyrella phegophila Romagn., 1985 (a brittlestem)       1
Species Psathyrella piluliformis (Bull.) P.D. Orton, 1969 (Common Stump Brittlestem) 10   7  
Species Psathyrella prona (Fr.) Gillet, 1878 (a brittlestem) 12   11 1
Species Psathyrella pseudogordonii Kits van Wav., 1985 (a brittlestem)       1
Species Psathyrella pygmaea (Bull.) Singer, 1951 (a brittlestem) 8   5  
Species Psathyrella rostellata Orstadius, 1986 (a brittlestem)       1
Species Psathyrella scatophila Orstadius & E. Larss. (a brittlestem)       2
Species Psathyrella spadiceogrisea (Schaeff.) G. Bertrand, 1913 (Spring Brittlestem) 10 6 5  
Species Psathyrella stercoraria Orstadius & E. Larss. (a brittlestem)       1
Species Psathyrella tephrophylla (Romagn.) M.M. Moser ex Bon, 1983 (a brittlestem) 4   5  
Informal (Psathyrella cernua/olympiana) 5   9  
Informal (Psathyrella corrugis agg.) 30 10 23 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cullington, P., 2006 (Species with red gill edge) Psathyrella species with a red gill edge
Hausknecht, A., 1997 (Two species not recorded in our area) Some rare Agaricales with brown or darker spores
Kits van Waveren, E., 1985 The Dutch, French and British Species of Psathyrella
Kits van Waveren, E., 1987 Additions to our monograph on Psathyrella
Larsson, E. & Orstadius, L., 2008 Fourteen coprophilous species of Psathyrella identified in
the Nordic countries using morphology and nuclear
rDNA sequence data

Sect. Spadiceae

Vasutova, M., 2008 Taxonomic studies on Psathyrella sect. Spadiceae

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 general literature references to Psathyrella (brittlestem toadstools)

Psathyrella 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 224 feeding and other relationships of Psathyrella (brittlestem toadstools)

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