Stropharia pseudocyanea (Desm.) Morgan
(Peppery Roundhead)

Interactions where Stropharia pseudocyanea is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Stropharia pseudocyanea/Stropharia pseudocyaneapeppery roundheadfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Stropharia pseudocyanea (Peppery Roundhead) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Stropharia pseudocyanea (Peppery Roundhead) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStropharia pseudocyanea (Peppery Roundhead)
GenusStropharia (roundhead toadstools)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stropharia pseudocyanea (Peppery Roundhead)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Kibby, G. 2010 Fungal portraits: No. 41: Stropharia caerulea and other green Stropharia species Field Mycology Vol 11 (1): 2-4.
Orton, P.D. 1976 Notes on British Agarics VI Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol 35 No 1: 147-154.

Stropharia pseudocyanea (Peppery Roundhead) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Holden, L. 2006 Guidelines for Field Mycologists - the practical interpretation of Section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 www.britmycolosoc.org.uk/files/DrugsAct2005_Guidelines.pdf

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Stropharia pseudocyanea (Peppery Roundhead):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 50 images of Stropharia pseudocyanea (Peppery Roundhead)

One of the greenish-blue Stropharia’s, it is said to have a peppery smell, but can also be identified by the combination of capitate cheilocystidia and absence of marginal chrysocystidia. It is occasional but widespread in moist pastures and woodland clearings, especially in acid sites.

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