AuthorSpooner, B.
Year2003
TitleA dipteran gall of Paneolina and Panaeolus
TypePaper
SourceField Mycology Vol 4 (3): 91-92, back cover.
IllustrationsColour photograph on back cover
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Reports the discovery of a dipteran gall in the gills of these agarics, caused by a fly whose identity is not yet known. Also lists many of the known causers of galls in non-lichenised fungi.
Errata, Corrigenda & CommentsThe gall-causer was later identified as *Megaselia lutescens* (Diptera, Phoridae)

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
causing galls in Paneolina and PanaeolusCurrentMegaselia lutescensa scuttle flyAnimalia: Diptera: Phoridae
CurrentPanaeolus acuminatusDewdrop MottlegillFungi: Agaricales: Galeropsidaceae
CurrentPanaeolina foeniseciiBrown Mottlegill, Haymaker, Brown Hay CapFungi: Agaricales
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