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AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes #refs
Family AGARICACEAE Chevall., 1826 (mushrooms, dapperlings and parasols) 87 540 210 224 173 116
Family BOLBITIACEAE Singer, 1948 (a family of toadstools) 58 329 97 167 170 87
Family CLAVARIACEAE Chevall., 1826 (fairy clubs) 25 109 43 75 22 20
Family COPRINACEAE Overeem & Weese, 1924 (ink cap toadstools) 14 65 1   26 24
Family CORTINARIACEAE R. Heim ex Pouzar, 1983 (a family of toadstools) 171 947 452 413 336 183
Family ENTOLOMATACEAE Kotl. & Pouzar, 1972 (pinkgills) 72 739 279 344 110 69
Family FISTULINACEAE Lotsy, 1907 (a family of bracket fungi) 1 10 2 3    
Family HYDNANGIACEAE Gäum. & C.W. Dodge, 1928 (a family of toadstools) 8 48 22 16 15 18
Family LYCOPERDACEAE Chevall., 1826 (puffballs) 12 116 36 75 9 7
Family MARASMIACEAE Roze ex Kühner, 1980 (a family of toadstools) 43 235 162 129 85 77
Family NIDULARIACEAE Dumort., 1822 (bird's nest fungi) 4 37 31   5 5
Family OMPHALOTACEAE Bresinsky, 1985 (a family of toadstools) 1 1       4
Family PHYSALACRIACEAE Corner, 1970 (a family of chanterelles)           1
Family PLEUROTACEAE Kühner, 1980 (oyster fungi) 9 59 11 25 20 21
Family PLUTEACEAE Kotl. & Pouzar, 1972 (a family of toadstools) 59 524 88 175 194 113
Family PSATHYRELLACEAE (Singer) Vilgalys, Moncalvo & Redhead, 2001 (a family of inkcap and brittlestem toadstools) 78          
Genus Coprinellus P. Karst. (a genus of inkcaps) 11 96   26 64 11
Genus Coprinopsis P. Karst. (a genus of inkcaps) 30 124 29 73 58 33
Genus Parasola (a genus of inkcaps) 9 30 5 12 21 9
Genus Psathyrella (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (brittlestem toadstools) 28 167   50 103 27
Family PTERULACEAE Corner, 1970 (a family of coral fungi) 1   2      
Family SCHIZOPHYLLACEAE Quél., 1888 (a family of basidiomycete fungi) 5 16 26 13   10
Family STROPHARIACEAE Singer & A.H. Sm., 1946 (a family of toadstools) 48 248 71 96 100 99
Family TRICHOLOMATACEAE R. Heim ex Pouzar, 1983 (a family of toadstools) 279 2121 1055 758 620 392
Family TULOSTOMATACEAE E. Fisch., 1900 (stalkballs) 2 9   4   17
Family TYPHULACEAE Jülich, 1982 (a family of minute club fungi) 5          
Genus Typhula (Pers.) Fr., 1818 (a genus of minute club fungi) 5 10 19 18   3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Gruppo Micologico <<G. Bresadola>> di Trento - image gallery: http://www.mtsn.tn.it/bresadola/gallery_index.asp Gruppo Micologico <<G. Bresadola>> di Trento - image gallery
Swedish Fungi: http://swefungi.se/swindex.html Swedish Fungi
Bon, M., 1997 Clitocybes, Omphales et ressemblants
Bon, M., 1999 Les Collybio-Marasmioides et ressemblants
Henderson, D.M., Orton, P.D. & Watling, R., 1969 Agarics and Boleti - Introduction
Lange, J.E., 1935 Flora Agaricina Danica (5 volumes)
Marchand, A., 1971 Champignons du Nord et du Midi (8 volumes)
McAdam, A., 2007 Keys to the genera of Agarics and Boletes
Machiel's Website: http://www.entoloma.nl/ Machiel's Website
Morphing Mushroom Identifier: http://www.mycokey.com/newMycoKeySite/MycoKeyIdentQuick.html Morphing Mushroom Identifier

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 316 general literature references to AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICALES 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)
Macromycetes (via Agaricales) Fungi sl.

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5602 feeding and other relationships of AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)

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