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Coprinellus disseminatus (Pers.) J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 9 (no. 6): 93 (1938).

Coprinellus disseminatus (Pers.) J.E. Lange, Dansk bot. Ark. 9 (no. 6): 93 (1938)

Pileus 0.4-0.9 cm in diameter; at first ovoid, then conic to campanulate, membranous; whitish grey to cream grey, smooth, glabrous, sulcate striate almost to the disc, margin regular. Lamellae adnexed, moderately crowded, whitish to cream, which turns dark brown, non-deliquescent, with lamellulae. Stipe 0.8-1.2 cm, cylindric, slender, hollow, equal, white, almost translucent, arising from white, […]

Clavulinopsis fusiformis (Sowerby) Corner, Monograph of Clavaria and allied Genera, (Annals of Botany Memoirs No. 1): 367 (1950)

Clavulinopsis fusiformis (Sowerby) Corner, Monograph of Clavaria and allied Genera, (Annals of Botany Memoirs No. 1): 367 (1950)

Fruiting body small to medium. Basidiomata 5-12 x 0.5-1 cm in diam., cylindrical, unbranched, often flattening, grooved, with blunt apex, pale to dark yellow, fading with age, whitish towards extreme base. Basidiospores 5.7-6.8×4.6-7.5µm, sub-globose to sub-ellipsoid, hyaline, inamyloid, thin-walled. Basidia 40-53×6-7.3µm, clavate to sub-clavate, thin-walled, hyaline, with 4 sterigmata. Hyphal system monomitic, having septate generative […]

Clavulinopsis amoena (Zoll. and Moritzi) Corner, Monograph of Clavaria and allied Genera, (Annals of Botany Memoirs No. 1): 352 (1950)

Clavulinopsis amoena (Zoll. and Moritzi) Corner, Monograph of Clavaria and allied Genera, (Annals of Botany Memoirs No. 1): 352 (1950)

Fruiting body small to medium. Basidiomata 4-8×0.3-0.5cm, caespitose, cylindric, unbranched, gregarious, yellow to pale yellow, compressed from center, rugulose, twisted and flexuous, apices blunt to acute, pale yellow; stipe 0.4-2×0.2-0.3cm, slightly larger towards the base, hollow, gelatinous in appearance. Basidiospores 7.2-9.3×6.8-8.3µm, globose, smooth, hyaline, thin-walled, uniguttulate, inamyloid; basidia 40-88×7.5-11.3µm, clavate, clamped with 4 sterigmata. Cystidia […]

Clavaria fragilis Holmsk., Beata Ruris Otia Fungis Danicis 1: 7 (1790)

Clavaria fragilis Holmsk., Beata Ruris Otia Fungis Danicis 1: 7 (1790)

Fruiting body small to medium. Basidiomata 2.0-6.5×0.3-0.5cm, unbranched, gregarious, in a cluster, whitish to cream, cylindric, becoming flattened, often flexuous; apex acute, sometimes blunt when mature; stipe 0.3-0.5×0.2-0.3cm, slightly narrow, translucent. Odor and taste not distinctive. Basidiospores 4.8-5.6×2.2-3.8µm, ellipsoid, hyaline, smooth, thin-walled, inamyloid; Basidia 28-42×6.5-8.8µm, clavate, with 4 sterigmata. Cystidia not observed. Specimens examined India, […]

Clarkeinda trachodes (Berk.) Singer. Lilloa 22: 413, 1951

Clarkeinda trachodes (Berk.) Singer. Lilloa 22: 413, 1951

Fruiting body medium to large, fleshy. Pileus 6-10 cm in diameter, hemispherical when young, turning to convex to applanate when mature; pellicle brown to dark brown, surface covered with revolute, numerous, loosely floccose, small, brown squamules; context about 8 mm thick in the centre of the pileus, white, turning in to dark brown or reddish […]

Chlorophyllum molybdites (G. Mey.) Massee, Bulletin of Miscellaneous Informations of the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew 1898: 136 (1898)

Chlorophyllum molybdites (G. Mey.) Massee, Bulletin of Miscellaneous Informations of the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew 1898: 136 (1898)

Fruiting body medium to large. Pileus 5-11cm in diameter, ovoid at first, hemispheric when expanding, plano-convex at maturity, with a low, broad and obtuse umbo; surface dry, longitudinally striate; initially white, becoming cream; covered with brownish squamules, that are uplifted or flat and concentrated near the centre. Lamellae free, sub-crowded to crowded, white, becoming greenish […]

Bolbitius coprophilus (Peck) Hongo in Mem. Fac. Lib. Arts Educ., Shiga University, Nat. Sci. 9: 82, 1959

Bolbitius coprophilus (Peck) Hongo in Mem. Fac. Lib. Arts Educ., Shiga University, Nat. Sci. 9: 82, 1959

Fruiting body small to medium, 3–20 cm in height. Pileus 2.5–6 cm in diam., campanulate at first when fruiting body is young becoming conical at maturity, becoming applanate; with prominent umbo, broad, reddish brown to pale brown to brown; slightly pinkish when young, surface viscid, smooth, fragile, margin irregular, pellucid, striate, splitting at maturity; flesh […]

Amanita manicata (Berk. & Broome) Pegler, Kew Bull., Addit. Ser.12: 216 (1986)

Pileus 6-10 cm, fleshy, initially hemispherical, then convex to completely flat, whitish to creamy white, wrapped in a general grainy-greasy veil, the ochraceous orange colour that covers it entirely when young, but subsequently thins out in patches, leaving the underlying parts uncovered and clear. Margin smooth, not striated, strongly appended by triangular flap like remnants […]

Amanita aureofloccosa Bas, Persoonia 5: 384 (1969)

Fruiting body large. Pileus 8–14 cm diam., plano-convex to applanate; surface fibrillose to floccose, pale yellow to yellow; margin non-striate. Lamellae free, crowded, pale yellow to white with lamellulae. Stipe 12­–24×2–2.5 cm, cylindrical, slightly bulbous at base, covered by pale yellow, floccose scales; Annulus present, located on upper surface of the stipe, fragile, yellow. Basidiospores […]

Agaricus xanthoderma Genev. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 23: 28 (1876). [Fig. 4; Plate VI]

Agaricus xanthoderma Genev. Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 23: 28 (1876).   [Fig. 4; Plate VI]

Fruiting body medium to large. Pileus 5-10 cm in diameter; at first globose to hemispherical, convex and finally applanate or broadly umbonate in the centre; margin entire and thin; surface smooth, white when young, with age greyish or light brown or cream. Lamellae free, thin, crowded with unequal lamellulae, 6-9 mm broad, initially whitish pink […]

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