Boertmann, D., 1995

The Genus Hygrocybe

Full descriptions and country distribution maps for Nordic area (including UK). Dichotomous keys to fresh material using macroscopical characters, and dried material using the microscope. Boertmann makes Hygrocybe identifiable by taking a broad species concept and synonymising a number of species where the differences were unworkable.

Indispensible.

Publisher	Danish Mycological Society
Volume	Vol 1
Pages	184
ISBN	87-983581-1-1
Comments and Corrigenda	P12 Fig 1 should be ignored. It is a repeat of Fig 10 on the page opposite. P33: Key G, couplet 13: the numbers have been interchanged. The first alternative should lead to 15 and the second to 14. The sporograms seem to represent the range of shapes for a species rather than a sample of average spores, so the spores in a given prep will look much more homogeneous.
Coverage	Covers all species of Northern Europe known at the time. This includes all the UK species.
Illustrations	Colour photographs of fruitbodies, line drawings of spores.
Identify	Under a Compound Microscope.
Specimen Prep.	Separate keys to fresh material and to dried specimens.
Difficulty	Still a difficult group, especially from dried material.

Malcolm Storey

Taxonomic Scope

Hygrocybe (Fr.) P. Kumm., 1871 (waxcaps)

Identification

Current

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