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Agaricaceae - Agaricus brunnescens,
the supermarket mushroom X 2/3 |
Pictorial supplement to The Fifth Kingdom - Chapter 5c Subphylum Basidiomycotina - part 3 Class Holobasidiomycetes Families: Agaricaceae,
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Agaricaceae - Agaricus brunnescens,
the supermarket mushroom X 2/3 |
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Agaricaceae - Leucoagaricus naucinus,
common on lawns X 1/2 |
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Agaricaceae - Lepiota clypeolaria
X 1 |
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Agaricaceae - Lepiota rachodes X 1/6 |
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Agaricaceae - Endoptychum, a
sequestrate derivative of Agaricus X 1 |
Amanitaceae |
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Amanitaceae - Amanita calyptra.
Note the conspicuous volva. X 1/3 |
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Amanitaceae - Amanita muscaria, the
fly agaric. Here the volva is reduced to some scurfy rings X 1/5 |
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Amanitaceae - Amanita fulva. The
ring is not visible in this species X 1/2 |
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Amanitaceae - Four poisonous species. |
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Amanitaceae - Amanita virosa, the
destroying angel. Extremely poisonous. X 1/3 |
Bolbitiaceae |
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Bolbitiaceae - Bolbitius vitellinus, the fried egg or "easy over" mushroom. This delicate species is rather evanescent because it autolyses (self-digests). |
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Bolbitiaceae - Agrocybe praecox (courtesy M. Boom) |
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Bolbitiaceae - the sequestrate genus, Gastrocybe X 1/3 |
| Coprinaceae |
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Coprinaceae - Coprinus comatus, the
shaggy mane X 1/2 |
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Coprinaceae - mycologists collecting Coprinus comatus along the recently-built Banff-Jasper Highway, Alberta, in 1969. |
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Coprinaceae - Coprinus
atramentarius X 1/2 |
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Coprinaceae - the pleated pileus of the
delicate Coprinus plicatilis X 2 |
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Coprinaceae - the sequestrate Podaxis
pistillaris, the desert shaggy mane X 1/2 |
| Cortinariaceae |
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Cortinariaceae - the filamentous partial veil,
or cortina, so characteristic of this family X 1 |
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Cortinariaceae - four species of Cortinarius
from Oregon X 1/2 |
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Cortinariaceae - typical brown, rough,
basidiospores X 1000 |
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Cortinariaceae - Dermocybe semisanguineus
X 1/3 |
Entolomataceae |
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Entolomataceae - Entoloma abortivum, normal
(left) and parasitized (right) basidiomata. |
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Entolomataceae - typical angular basidiospores
X 1000 |
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Entolomataceae? - a Dr. Seuss illustration (see next picture) |
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Entolomataceae - the beautiful all-blue Entoloma
hochstetteri (which nevertheless produces pink spores) from New Zealand X 1 |
| Pluteaceae |
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Pluteaceae - Pluteus cervinus, perhaps
the commonest member of this family. X 1 |
| Hygrophoraceae |
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Hygrophoraceae - a typical brightly coloured,
waxy species of Hygrocybe X 1 |
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Hygrophoraceae - the colourful Hygrocybe psittacina (courtesy Sara Clark) |
Strophariaceae |
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Strophariaceae - the most famous magic
mushroom, Psilocybe cubensis X 3/4 |
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Strophariaceae - Psilocybe cubensis in
culture X 1/5 |
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Strophariaceae - the wood-inhabiting Pholiota
squarrosa X 1/2 |
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Strophariaceae - the sequestrate Weraroa
virescens X 1/2 |
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Strophariaceae - the sequestrate Weraroa
erythrocephala X 2/3 |
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