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
19(18) Spores 11-12 × 7.2-7.8µm. Cap sienna. On raw dung.
_Conocybe fimetaria_
- Spores 10-12 × 6-7µm. Cap pinkish to cinnamon brown.
On manured soil or sewage sludge.
_Conocybe fuscomarginata_
(_Conocybe siennophylla_ might be found on straw/dung mixtures
or in soil in greenhouses. It differs in having smaller spores).
20(8) Cap deliquescing to some degree at maturity. Basidia
of 2 or 3 different sizes. (_Coprinus_) 21
- Cap not deliquescing. Basidia of one size only. 49
21(20) Veil on cap absent, cap either covered with small
hairs (setules) or naked. 22
- Cap covered with a granular, micaceous, powdery or
fibrillar veil. 28
[Illustration: FIG. 56. Habit sketch of a stipitate agaric, _Psathyrella
stercoraria_, with section. FIG. 57. Sketch of gill section of
_Psathyrella_ sp., showing position of marginal (m) and facial (f)
cystidia. FIG. 58. _Coprinus pellucidus_, habit and vertical section of cap
cuticle. FIG. 59. _C. pseudoradiatus_, habit and veil constituents. FIG.
60. _C. vermiculifer_, habit and veil constituents. FIG. 61. _C.
filamentifer_, veil constituents. FIG. 62. _C. stercoreus_, habit. FIG. 63.
_C. cordisporus_, vertical section of cap showing nature of veil cells on
the cap cuticle. FIG. 64. Veil cells with structural (l) and superficial
crystalline (r) ornamentation.]
22(21) Cap without setules. 23
- Cap with setules. 24
23(22) Cap minute, 1-5mm high before expanding, reddish orange
at first, soon fading. Basidiospores almost globose
to triangular in one view, elliptic in another, 7-10
× 7-9 × 5.5-6.5µm. (2- and 4-spored forms have been
found). _Coprinus miser_
- Cap larger, up to 15mm when expanded. Basidiospores
pip-shaped, 7.5-8.5 × 9.5-11 × 9.5-11.5µm. (4-spored).
_Coprinus nudiceps_
24(22) Spores hexagonal, 10-13 × 6.5-7.5µm. Cap purplish.
_Coprinus hexagonosporus_
- Spores ellipsoid. Cap brown or reddish, without
purplish tints. 25
25(24) Basidia 4-spored. 26
- Basidia 2-spored. Spores 11-13 × 5.5-7µm. Facial
cystidia absent. _Coprinus bisporus_
(_Coprinus sassii_, not yet recorded in British Isles, has
2-spored basidia with very large ellipsoid spores up to 20µm
long).
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