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
64(63) Spores ellipsoid to slightly amygdaliform.
_Psilocybe merdicola_
- Spores lentiform, angular. 65
65(64) Spores 11-13(14) × 7-8(9)µm. see _Psilocybe merdaria_, 61
- Spores 12-15 × 8-9.5µm _Psilocybe coprophila_
66(49) Round cells on cap as a micaceous veil. (Re-examine
gill face; if different sized basidia and facial
cystidia separating the gills are present go to
_Coprinus_ at 21). _Psathyrella sphaerocystis_
- Cap lacking veil, or if present then fibrillar. 67
67(66) White copious veil at margin or also covering cap
centre. Spores 10-12 × 5.5-6µm. _Psathyrella coprobia_
- Lacking copious veil. 68
68(67) With red edge to gill. Spores 12-13 × 6-6.5µm, with
central germ pore. _Psathyrella stercoraria_
- Lacking red gill edge. Spores with eccentric germ pore.
_Psathyrella coprophila_
(_P. fimetaria_ differs in spore size; there are several members
of the _P. prona_ group which grow on soil/straw mixtures).
69(2) Fruit body club-shaped. _Typhula setipes_ (fig. 65)
(_Clavaria acuta_ often grows on peaty soil in pots
in greenhouses).
- Fruit bodies effuse, resupinate 70
70(69) Fruit-body cobweb-like and greyish white. Basal hyphae
3-4.5µm wide. Spores sub-globose, 4.5µm diam. (Generally
on old dung or straw/soil mixtures). _Athelia coprophila_
(If with spiny spores 5-6µm diam., see the recently recorded
_Tomentellopsis echinospora_).
- Fruit-body with pores, white or flushed slightly
ochraceous, brownish or greyish. (On clods of soil in
dunged land). _Cristella candidissima_
71(1) Fruit body either a cup containing several 'eggs' or a
single orange or yellowish gelatinous sphere. 72
- Fruit-body effuse, without distinct shape. 73
72(71) Fruit-body whitish or pale yellow, up to 2.5mm diam.,
splitting at maturity to shoot away the orange/yellow
spore mass. _Sphaerobolus stellatus_ (fig. 66)
- Fruit-body cup shaped, with silvery-grey 'eggs'.
(Usually on dung and straw or attached to rabbit
pellets). _Cyathus stercoreus_
(_Cyathus vernicosus_ often grows in plant pots on rich soil).
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