Pictorial supplement to The Fifth Kingdom - Chapter 5c
Subphylum Basidiomycotina - part 3
Class HolobasidiomycetesOrder Agaricales
Families: Agaricaceae, Amanitaceae, Bolbitiaceae,
Coprinaceae, Cortinariaceae, Entolomataceae, Pluteaceae,
Hygrophoraceae, Strophariaceae
(34 illustrations)

Agaricaceae - Agaricus brunnescens, the supermarket mushroom
X 2/3

Agaricaceae - Leucoagaricus naucinus, common on lawns
X 1/2

Agaricaceae - Lepiota clypeolaria
X 1

Agaricaceae - Lepiota rachodes
X 1/6

Agaricaceae - Endoptychum, a sequestrate derivative of Agaricus
X 1
Amanitaceae

Amanitaceae - Amanita calyptra. Note the conspicuous volva.
X 1/3

Amanitaceae - Amanita muscaria, the fly agaric. Here the volva is reduced to some scurfy rings
X 1/5

Amanitaceae - Amanita fulva. The ring is not visible in this species
X 1/2

Amanitaceae - Four poisonous species.

Amanitaceae - Amanita virosa, the destroying angel. Extremely poisonous.
X 1/3
Bolbitiaceae

Bolbitiaceae - Bolbitius vitellinus, the fried egg or "easy over" mushroom. This delicate species is rather evanescent because it autolyses (self-digests).

Bolbitiaceae - Agrocybe praecox (courtesy M. Boom)

Bolbitiaceae - the sequestrate genus, Gastrocybe
X 1/3
Coprinaceae

Coprinaceae - Coprinus comatus, the shaggy mane
X 1/2

Coprinaceae - Coprinus comatus,
deliquescing gill edges. Notice how tightly packed the gills are.
X 5
Coprinaceae - mycologists collecting Coprinus
comatus along the recently-built Banff-Jasper Highway, Alberta, in 1969.
Coprinaceae - Coprinus
atramentarius
X 1/2
Coprinaceae - the pleated pileus of the
delicate Coprinus plicatilis
X 2
Coprinaceae - the sequestrate Podaxis
pistillaris, the desert shaggy mane
X 1/2
Cortinariaceae
Cortinariaceae - the filamentous partial veil,
or cortina, so characteristic of this family
X 1
Cortinariaceae - four species of Cortinarius
from Oregon
X 1/2
Cortinariaceae - typical brown, rough,
basidiospores
X 1000
Cortinariaceae - Dermocybe semisanguineus
X 1/3
Entolomataceae
Entolomataceae - Entoloma abortivum, normal
(left) and parasitized (right) basidiomata.
X 1/2
Entolomataceae - typical angular basidiospores
X 1000
Entolomataceae? - a Dr. Seuss illustration (see
next picture)
Entolomataceae - the beautiful all-blue Entoloma
hochstetteri (which nevertheless produces pink spores) from New Zealand
X 1
Pluteaceae
Pluteaceae - Pluteus cervinus, perhaps
the commonest member of this family.
X 1
Hygrophoraceae
Hygrophoraceae - a typical brightly coloured,
waxy species of Hygrocybe
X 1
Hygrophoraceae - the colourful Hygrocybe
psittacina (courtesy Sara Clark)
Strophariaceae
Strophariaceae - the most famous magic
mushroom, Psilocybe cubensis
X 3/4
Strophariaceae - Psilocybe cubensis in
culture
X 1/5
Strophariaceae - the wood-inhabiting Pholiota
squarrosa
X 1/2
Strophariaceae - the sequestrate Weraroa
virescens
X 1/2
Strophariaceae - the sequestrate Weraroa
erythrocephala
X 2/3
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