| Author | Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M. |
| Year | 1987 |
| Title | Strophariaceae & Coprinaceae p.p.: Hypholoma, Melanotus, Psilocybe, Stropharia, Lacrymaria & Panaeolus |
| ISBN | 0 9504270 7 1 |
| Series | British Fungus Flora |
| Type | Book/Report |
| How Complete | All the British species then known |
| Source | British Fungus Flora, Vol 5, 104pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
| Illustrations | Lin drawings at the back |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Key to Genera, and then for each genus, Key to Species followed by detailed species accounts. Adopts a narrow species concept, splitting off several species (especially in Melanotus) which are no longer accepted. |
| Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | Hypholoma Key, page 10: *H. epixanthum* is bitter but keyed out as mild so - Couplet 3B Taste mild, not even bitter after mastication …. 1. *capnoides* Couplet 5 delete first alternative Couplet 4 now has three alternatives. *Stropharia* Key, page 57: Coupple 4(3) delete spores 7-9/4-5µm as the other two taxa have similar sized spores. Couplet 4x: In woods, on soil or sawdust 5 ("hedgerows, shady place e.g. amongst nettles" more likely to be *S. caerulea*.) P64: *S. pseudocyanea* - penultimate line: can hardly be distinguished by smaller spores! 7-9/4-5 vs 7.5-9/4.5-5 (*S. aeruginea*) or 7.5-9/4.2-5.2µm (*S. squamulosa*) |
| Examine |  Compound Microscope |
| Specimen Preparation | Microscopy of spores and cystidia, ammonia preps to detect chrysocystidia |
