Keys to Fungi on DungRichardson, M. J. (Michael J.)
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Keys to Fungi on Dung
Richardson, M. J. (Michael J.)
Fungi -- Identification
10(9) Cap rich chrome yellow, viscid, soon reduced to a
sticky mass, easily collapsing. _Bolbitius vitellinus_
- Cap in shades of brown, never brightly coloured and if
collapsing then cap elongate-cylindric and white to
pale cream. 11
11(10) Spore print dull, sepia or snuff-brown. On rabbit
pellets in sand dunes. _Agrocybe subpediades_
- Spore print, brighter coloured, orange/rust brown.
(_Conocybe_) 12
12(11) Gill edge with irregularly fusoid cystidia with obtuse
apices (lageniform). Cap viscid. _Conocybe coprophila_
- Gill edge with distinctly capitate cells resembling a
glass stoppered bottle (lecythiform). Cap never viscid,
often pubescent under a lens. 13
13(12) Stem covered in long hairs. 14
- Stem covered in lecythiform cells similar to those on
gill edge, giving a farinaceous appearance under a lens.
NEVER with long hairs. (Dung/straw mixtures). Large as
in a _Cortinarius_. Spores smooth. _Conocybe intrusa_
(_C. leucopus_ has been found on manured soil in gardens;
_C. antipus_ has hexagonal spores and grows on dung piles).
14(13) Stem with both long hairs and lecythiform cystidia.
[Illustration] 15
- Stem with hairs and lageniform cystidia.
[Illustration] 16
15(14) Spores 11-14 × 7-9µm. Taste and smell strong, of fresh
meal. _Conocybe farinacea_
- Spores large, over 15 × up to 10µm. Taste and smell
none or slightly acidic. _Conocybe pubescens_
(_C. subpubescens_ might be found on straw/dung mixtures, and
differs in spores 11-13 × 6-8µm).
16(14) Basidia 2-spored. _Conocybe rickenii_
- Basidia 4-spored. 17
17(16) Spores ellipsoid. 18
- Spores lentiform, angular in face view.
_Conocybe lenticulospora_
18(17) Cap grey, contrasting with yellowish cream gills and
pale stem. Spores 10.5-12.5 × 6-7µm. _Conocybe murinacea_
- Cap pinkish brown or tawny. 19
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