Identification of the Larger Fungi

CONTENTS

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Preface				5
Introduction				9
	Where to look			9
	Collecting			10
	Examination			11
	Microscopic examination			12
Key to major groups of Larger Fungi				21
A.	Agarics and their relatives			22
	Key to major genera			22
	(i)	Agarics of woodlands and copses		27
		(a)	Mycorrhizal formers	27
		(b)	Parasites	59
		(c)	Saprophytes—Wood-inhabiting or lignicolous agarics	64
		(d)	Saprophytes—Terrestrial agarics	78
	(ii)	Agarics of pastures and meadows		95
		(a)	Agarics of rough & hill-pastures	95
		(b)	Agarics of chalk-grassland & rich uplands	108
		(c)	Agarics of meadows and valley-bottom grasslands	114
		(d)	Fairy-ring formers	118
		(e)	Agarics of urban areas—lawn and parkland agarics	122
		(f)	Agarics of wasteland and hedgerows	126
B.	Bracket fungi and their relatives			135
	Key to major genera			135
	(i)	Pored and toothed fungi		140
		(a)	Colonisers of tree trunks, stumps and branches	140
		(b)	Destroyers of timber in buildings	154
		(c)	Colonisers of cones	158
		(d)	Terrestrial forms	160
	(ii)	Cantharelles and related fungi		162
	(iii)	Fairy-club fungi		166
	(iv)	Resupinate fungi		176
C.	The Jelly fungi—Key to major groups with examples			179
D.	The Stomach fungi; puff-balls and their relatives—Key to major groups with examples			186
E.	Cup fungi and allies			198
F.	Specialised Habitats			207
	(i)	Fungi of dung and straw heaps		207
	(ii)	Fungi of bonfire sites		Cover transparency supplied by John Markham, F. R. P. S., F. Z. S. Clyx.com