Author | Senn-Irlet, B. |
Year | 1995 |
Title | The Genus Crepidotus in Europe |
Type | Paper |
How Complete | All the European species known at the time |
Source | Persoonia Vol 16, Part 1: 1-80. |
Illustrations | SEM photographs of spores, etc on pp5-9, line drawings of microscopy in the text, 3 colour plates of photographs on pp77-79. |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Introduction, materials and methods, notes on characters, ecology, chorology, statistics. Keys to European species, followed by species accounts. These comprise a description of macro- and micro-morphology, drawings of microscopy and often of fruitbodies, a list of collections examined and, finally, a short summary of field characters and notes on other interpretations. |
Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | Page 11, last sentence: Fig 3 should read Fig 30 |
Examine | Compound Microscope |
Specimen Preparation | Microscopy of hyphae (clamps), spores (size and ornamentation), cheilocystidia mounted in 5% KOH, with Congo Red for lamellae. |
Identification difficulty | Some features hard to see (presumably spore ornament); the author warns that excellent optical equipment is required. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | Crepidotus | oysterlings | Fungi: Agaricales: Inocybaceae |
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