Porpoloma Singer
(meadowcap toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPorpoloma (meadowcap toadstools)
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. & Noordeloos, M.E. Porpoloma Sing. in Sydowia 6: 198. 1952 Noordeloos, M.E. Strophariaceae Sing. & Smith, 81pp, Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 4
Bon, M. 1992 Tricholomes et Ressemblants Documents Mycologiques - Flore Mycologique d'Europe, 2, 154 plus platespp, Marcel Bon
Pegler, D.N. & Young, T.W.K. 1973 Basidiospore form in the British Leucopaxillae Kew Bulletin Vol 28 (3): 365-379+12 plates.
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

Porpoloma (meadowcap toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Porpoloma (meadowcap toadstools)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Porpoloma (meadowcap toadstools)
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