AuthorAntonín, V. & Noordeloos, M.E.
Year1997
TitleA Monograph of Marasmius, Collybia and related genera in Europe. Part II. Collybia, Gymnopus, Rhodocollyiba, Crinipellis, Chaetocalathus and additions to Marasmiellus
SeriesLibri Botanici
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the European species then known
SourceLibri Botanici, Vol 17, 256pp, IHW-Verlag
IllustrationsLine drawings of microscopy and excellent colour photographs accompany the text
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

This is the second part of these authors’ monograph of European Marasmius and Collybia, covering the "Collybioid" species.

The introduction is followed by a key to the genera of Collybioid and Marasmoid fungi in Europe.

Marasmoid species were covered in the previous volume, and the Collyboid taxa are now handled in the same way. Each genus is surveyed, with a key to species followed by very full species accounts with synonymy and an (often long) list of collections examined. Each species has line drawings of microscopy (eg spores, basidia, cheilocystidia, and pileipellis elements) and a good colour photograph.

Following the treatment of Collyboid taxa, Marasmiellus is revisited (20 pages) to incorporate two spp from Micromphale and several recently described taxa. A revised key is presented followed by species accounts for the additions.

Finally there are 41 pages of insufficiently known and excluded taxa with descriptions and reasons for rejecting them.

Errata, Corrigenda & Comments

According to the erratum slip, the following plates are incorrectly labelled:

pl 35 is *Rhodocollybia butyracea forma asema*

pl 36 is *Rhodocollybia butyracea forma butyracea*

pl 43 is *Marasmiellus perforans*

pl 44 is *Marasmiellus omphaliformis*

Examine Compound Microscope
Specimen PreparationSlide preps of spores, cystidia etc
Identification difficultyComparatively straightforward

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentChaetocalathus craterellusan ear toadstoolFungi: Agaricales: Marasmiaceae
For identificationCurrentCrinipellis scabellaHairy ParachuteFungi: Agaricales: Marasmiaceae
For identificationCurrentGymnopusa genus of toughshank toadstoolsFungi: Agaricales: Omphalotaceae
For identificationCurrentGymnopusa genus of toughshank toadstoolsFungi: Agaricales: Omphalotaceae
For identificationCurrentMarasmiellusa genus of parachute toadstoolsFungi: Agaricales: Omphalotaceae
For identificationCurrentRhodocollybiaa genus of toughshank toadstoolsFungi: Agaricales: Omphalotaceae
For identificationCurrentCollybiashanklet toadstoolsFungi: Agaricales: Tricholomataceae
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