AuthorPegler, D.N., Roberts, P.J. & Spooner B.M.
Year1997
TitleBritish Chanterelles & Tooth Fungi
ISBN1 900347 15 6
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British species known at the time.
Source114pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
IllustrationsA colour photograph and line drawings of the microscopy accompany each species entry.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Nicely presented work with very complete descriptions and rather mixed colour photographs.

The first key (p13) is to orders and familes. It is followed by the orders, each with a short account, followed by a key to families, and so on. The final keys to species are followed by very full species accounts with a colour photograph and line drawings of microscopy.

Some of the colour plates were excessively blue in early printings (eg pages 55,67). Later printings are better.

Errata, Corrigenda & CommentsThe same couplets are repeated slightly differently in some keys, eg couplets 5 & 6 on p13 are longer or slightly different from their equivalents in the keys on pages 44 & 58.
Examine Compound Microscope
Specimen PreparationMicroscopic examination of spores and basidia (Chanterelles) or context hyphae (Tooth fungi). KOH (or other alkali) is useful to distinguish Hydnellum and Phellodon. Melzer’s Iodine needed for Hericiales.
Identification difficultyChanterelles are straightforward but Tooth fungi can be challenging - even separation of the two families needs a good spore print.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentCANTHARELLALESchanterelles, hedgehog fungi and some fairy clubs and resupinatesFungi
For identificationCurrentTHELEPHORALESan order of basidiomycete fungiFungi
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