AuthorSenn-Irlet, B.
Year1995
TitleThe Genus Crepidotus in Europe
TypePaper
How CompleteAll the European species known at the time
SourcePersoonia Vol 16, Part 1: 1-80.
IllustrationsSEM 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 & CommentsPage 11, last sentence: Fig 3 should read Fig 30
Examine Compound Microscope
Specimen PreparationMicroscopy of hyphae (clamps), spores (size and ornamentation), cheilocystidia mounted in 5% KOH, with Congo Red for lamellae.
Identification difficultySome features hard to see (presumably spore ornament); the author warns that excellent optical equipment is required.
Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentCrepidotusoysterlingsFungi: Agaricales: Inocybaceae
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