| Author | Orton, P.D. |
| Year | 1969 |
| Title | Notes on British Agarics III |
| Type | Paper |
| Source | Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol XXIX, No 1: 75-127. |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | The initial part updates some genera in the 1960 Checklist, and offers a key to Psilocybe, as here understood. The second part comprises notes on new or critical agarics collected from England and Scotland. |
| Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | The following correction to the *Psilocybe* key appears in Notes V. 8. Basidia 2-spored; spores 15-19 X 9-11 µm . . . . *S. luteonitens* 8. Basidia 4-spored; spores smaller except in *P. subcoprophila* . . . 8A |
| Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For identification | Superseded | Psilocybe | a genus of brownie toadstools | Fungi: Agaricales: Strophariaceae |
| For identification, Original description | Current | Cantharellus ferruginascens | Pale Chanterelle | Fungi: Cantharellales: Cantharellaceae |
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