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Pictorial supplement to The Fifth Kingdom - Chapter 5d

Subphylum Basidiomycotina - part 4

Class Holobasidiomycetes
Order Agaricales

Families: Tricholomataceae, Russulaceae, Boletaceae,
Gomphidiaceae, Gyrodontaceae, Paxillaceae, Strobilomycetaceae

(44 pictures)



Tricholomataceae - Tricholoma flavovirens, the type species of the genus Tricholoma 
   X 2/3



Tricholomataceae - Tricholoma nudum = Lepista nuda, the blewit, a good edible ectomycorrhizal species  (which crops up every year under the conifers in my garden) 
   X 1/2



Tricholomataceae - Armillaria mellea, the honey fungus  
   X 2/3



Tricholomataceae - bootlaces (rhizomorphs) of Armillaria, developing under bark
   X 1/3



Tricholomataceae - Catathelasma imperialis, a large ectomycorrhizal fungus that resembles the pine mushroom (Tricholoma magnivelare) but lacks its edibility and its spicy aroma.
   X 1/3



Tricholomataceae - Clitocybe clavipes
   X 1/2



Tricholomataceae - Collybia cookei fruiting on a dead agaric   
    X 2



 
Tricholomataceae - Collybia tuberosa
   X 1



Tricholomataceae - Collybia racemosa with its synnematal Sclerostilbum anamorph growing along the stipe 
   X 2/3



Tricholomataceae - Collybia maculata
   X 1/2



Tricholomataceae - Flammulina velutipes, the velvet stipe, a lignicolous (wood-inhabiting) species that fruits in winter  
   X 1/3



Tricholomataceae - Laccaria laccata, a very common and rather variable ectomycorrhizal species  
   X 1



Tricholomataceae - Lyophyllum decastes, the fried chicken mushroom 
   X 1/2



Tricholomataceae - Marasmius oreades, the fairy ring mushroom
   X 1/2



Tricholomataceae - Mycena leiana 
   X 1/4



Tricholomataceae -  Mycena leiana with marginate gills (the edges are orange-red) 
   X 1.5



Tricholomataceae - Nyctalis asterophora attacking Lactarius. The cap of the parasite becomes a mass of conidia, so what looks like a teleomorph is in fact an anamorph  
   X 1/2



Tricholomataceae - Xeromphalina campanella fruiting in large aggregations on a dead stump 
   X 1/2



 Tricholomataceae - Xerula radicata (formerly Collybia radicata and then Oudemansiella radicata)   (now placed in a segregate family, the Xerulaceae)
   X 1/3


Russulaceae



Russulaceae - characteristic basidiospores, with ornamentations that stain blue in Melzer's reagent (which provides the yellow background) 
   X 1000



Russulaceae - Russula emetica, a typical species with a brightly coloured cap  
   X 1/2



Russulaceae - Russula virescens  
   X 1/2



Russulaceae - Macowanites sp., a sequestrate derivative of Russula  
   X 2/3



Russulaceae - basidiospores of the sequestrate Macowanites, stained in Melzer's reagent and showing its connection to Russula 
   X 1000



Russulaceae - Lactarius deliciosus 
   X 1/2



Russulaceae - Lactarius vinaceorufescens, with white milk rapidly turning yellow  
   X 1/2



Russulaceae - Zelleromyces gilkeyae, a sequestrate derivative of Lactarius 
   X 3/4


Boletaceae



Boletaceae - the characteristic reticulum (network) on the stipe of Boletus.
   X 2



Boletaceae - Boletus edulis - the cep (France), steinpilz (Germany), porcini (Italy) of Europe. This is a variable species that also occurs all over North America.  
   X 1/5



Boletaceae - another form of Boletus edulis from Ontario. All varieties share the light brown cap and yellow tube mouths
   X 1/4



Boletaceae - Boletus frostii mycorrhizal with oaks in Southern Ontario  
   X 1/3




Boletaceae - Tylopilus felleus, (unfortunately) the bitter bolete, with pink tube mouths, flourishing in Algonquin Park, Ontario.



Boletaceae - Tylopilus felleus   
   X 1/4



 
Boletaceae - the sequestrate Gastroboletus. In common with many other boletes, its tissues stain blue when exposed to air   
   X 1/2



Boletaceae - Suillus spraguei - note the partial veil
   X 3/5



Boletaceae - Suillus grevillei
   X 1/3



Boletaceae - the sequestrate Truncocolumella rubra 
   X 1/2



Boletaceae - sectioned basidioma of Rhizopogon parksii, showing spongy hymenium, absence of stipe, despite close relationship to Suillus
   X 1  


Gomphidiaceae



Gomphidiaceae - young basidiomata of Gomphidius subroseus
   X 1/2



Gomphidiaceae - Gomphidius
   X 1/2


Gyrodontaceae



Gyrodontaceae - Fuscoboletinus paluster  
   X 1/2                                 


Paxillaceae



Paxillaceae - Paxillus involutus  
   X 1/2


Strobilomycetaceae



Strobilomycetaceae - Strobilomyces floccopus  
   X 2/3



mostly bolete stamps, from the former East Germany...


If you are interested in relationships among the Agaricales, may I recommend that you visit the following web page, where phylogenetic schemes based on molecular evidence are posted. http://www.botany.duke.edu/fungi/mycolab/agarical.htm -DEAD LINK


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