AuthorWatling, R.
Year1982
TitleBolbitiaceae: Agrocybe, Bolbitius & Conocybe
ISBN0 11 491750 7
SeriesBritish Fungus Flora
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British species known at the time.
SourceBritish Fungus Flora, Vol 3, 139pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
IllustrationsLine drawings at the back.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

This group is Roy’s specialism.

Keys to genera and then generic keys to species, followed by lengthy species accounts. The Ecological List of Species groups them by habitat.

Some of the line drawings are a bit small and/or crowded.

Some of the Agrocybe species recognised here are now known to interbreed, and have been synonymised in more recent works (eg the UK checklist).

Errata, Corrigenda & Comments

Key to species, couplet 57, 2nd alternative "pale buff, tinged salmon clay-pink"

Key to species, couplet 58, 2nd alternative should be "(G)" not "(B)"

Examine Compound Microscope
Specimen PreparationMicroscopy of cystidia and spores
Identification difficultyAgrocybe needs care, but Conocybe has good microscopic characters and is relatively straightforward.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentBolbitiusa genus of fieldcap toadstoolsFungi: Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae
For identificationCurrentConocybeconecap toadstoolsFungi: Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae
For identificationCurrentAgrocybea genus of fieldcap toadstoolsFungi: Agaricales: Strophariaceae
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