| Author | Pegler, D.N., Spooner, B.M. & Young, T.W.K. |
| Year | 1993 |
| Title | British Truffles: a Revision of British Hypogeous Fungi |
| ISBN | 0 947643 39 7 |
| Type | Book/Report |
| How Complete | All the British hypogeous species, including exotics and historical records, known at the time. |
| Source | 216+platespp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Illustrations | Pages of good-sized line drawings of fruitbody and/or microscopy interspersed in the text; colour paintings and SEM photographs at the back. |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Keys and full descriptions of the British species with long list of specimens examined and references to published illustrations. |
| Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | Updated keys appear in British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns (Pegler, D.N., Laessøe, T. & Spooner, B.M. 1995) |
| Examine | Compound Microscope |
| Specimen Preparation | Needs good material with ripe spores. Microscope preps of spores, asci etc |
| Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For identification | Current | [Gasteromycetes] | puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc. | Fungi |
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