Dermoloma J.E. Lange ex Herink
(crazed caps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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No of
ID refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 103 images
Species 5 ident. refs
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Species 16 images
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Species 2 images
Cap (Click to open)
Unidentified 4 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDermoloma (crazed caps)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Arnolds, E. Tribus Hygrocybeae (additions) Bas, C. & Kuyper, T.W. Tricholomataceae R. Heim ex Pouz. (continuation), 8pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 3
Orton, P.D. 1980 Notes on British Agarics: VII Notes R.B.G. Edinburgh Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol 38 (3): 315-330.
Watling, R. & Turnbull, E. 1998 Cantharellaceae, Gomphaceae & Amyloid-Spored and Xeruloid Members of Trichlomataceae (excl. Mycena) British Fungus Flora, Vol 8, 189pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Waxcap Grasslands

() Henrici, A. 1996 Waxcap-grassland Fungi

Dermoloma (crazed caps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dermoloma (crazed caps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Dermoloma (crazed caps)

A small genus of small, brittle, mealy-scented toadstools with convex, matt, smooth or veined to wrinked, grey caps with cellular cuticle which often cracks areolately or concentrically. Most species are found in unimproved grassland.

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