BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

PSATHYRELLACEAE
(a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools)

Psathyrella
(brittlestem toadstools)

Psathyrella
is also a member of:

Macromycetes
(via Agaricales)

Lower Plants
(via Fungi ss.)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

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

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon

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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