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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 candolleana
(Pale Brittlestem)
Psathyrella candolleana
is also a member of:
Macromycetes
(via Agaricales)
Fungi sl.
Lower Plants
(via Fungi ss.)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Psathyrella candolleana (Fr.) G. Bertrand, 1913 (Pale Brittlestem)

Notes (MWS) One of the most widespread and common species of Psathyrella, especially in early autumn. It has a whitish to yellow ochre or brownish cap with a few white scales at the margin when young. The young gills are lilac grey. It grows in tufts or gregariously on soil or decayed wood in frondose woodland, and also amongst grass on lawns and on mud or decaying debris in dried out ponds.

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

Taxon Summary # images # photos # microphotos # notes Date Vice-county Country
Psathyrella candolleana Fruitbody 30 17 13 28 Sep 2000 Berks England
Psathyrella candolleana Fruitbody 10 5 5 19 Jul 1980 North Wiltshire England

Suggested Literature

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 general literature references to Psathyrella candolleana (Pale Brittlestem)

Psathyrella candolleana 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)		 Psathyrella
(brittlestem toadstools)
Macromycetes (via Agaricales) Fungi sl.

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 feeding and other relationships of Psathyrella candolleana (Pale Brittlestem)

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