AuthorOrton, P.D.
Year1986
TitlePluteaceae: Pluteus & Volvariella
ISBN0 9504270 4 7
SeriesBritish Fungus Flora, Agarics and Boleti
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll British species known at the time
SourceBritish Fungus Flora, Agarics and Boleti, vol 4, 99pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
IllustrationsLine drawings of microscopy, at the back
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Keys and detailed species accounts. The species concept adopted here is narrower than in more recent accounts (eg FAN 2 and the UK checklist). This is particularly in the yellow-capped group, where the author has always maintained that P. luteovirens has a yellowish-green cap (as the name implies), distinctly different from the warmer yellow of P. galeroides and P. xanthophaeus.
Errata, Corrigenda & CommentsCouplet 48 (page 17) refers to Fig 11 - this should be Figs 13-18 (broad cystidia) and fig 10 should be 10-12 (narrow cystidia). Further more: figs 13-17 (especially 15) are drawn too broad (PDO: pers comm).
Examine Compound Microscope
Specimen PreparationSpore, cap cuticle and (facial) cystidia preps needed
Identification difficultyMostly straightforward, with the microscopy, but the species around luteovirens and around griseoluridus are tricky.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentPLUTEACEAEa family of toadstoolsFungi: Agaricales
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