← Identification of the Larger Fungi

Specialised habitats

(a) Dung

  • Bolbitius vitellinus (Fries) Fries
  • Conocybe coprophila (Kühner) Kühner
  • C. pubescens (Gillet) Kühner
  • C. rickenii (J. Schaeffer) Kühner
  • Coprinus cinereus (Fries) S. F. Gray
  • C. ephemeroides (Fries) Fries
  • C. macrocephalus (Berkeley) Berkeley
  • C. patouillardii Quélet
  • C. narcoticus (Fries) Fries
  • C. niveus (Fries) Fries
  • C. pellucidus Karsten
  • C. pseudoradiatus Kühner & Josserand
  • C. radiatus (Fries) S. F. Gray
  • Panaeolus semiovatus (Fries) Lundell
  • P. sphinctrinus (Fries) Quélet
  • Psathyrella coprobia (J. Lange) A. H. Smith
  • Psilocybe coprophila (Fries) Kummer
  • P. merdaria (Fries) Quélet
  • Stropharia semiglobata (Fries) Quélet
  • Pyrenomycetes: Genera—Sordaria; Podospora; Sporormia; Delitschia.
  • Discomycetes: Genera—Cheilymenia; Ascobolus; Coprobia.
  • A key to the common dung fungi is given in Bull. British Myc. Society, 1968 by Watling & Richardson.

(b) Burnt patches

  • Aureoboletus cramesinus (Secretan) Watling
  • Coprinus angulatus Peck
  • C. lipophilus Romagnesi & Heim
  • Hebeloma anthracophilum Maire
  • Mycena leucogala (Cooke) Saccardo
  • Myxomphalia maura (Fries) Hora
  • Pholiota highlandensis (Peck) A. H. Smith
  • Psathyrella pennata (Fries) Pearson & Dennis
  • Tephrocybe anthracophila (Lasch) P. D. Orton
  • T. ambusta (Fries) Donk
  • T. atrata (Fries) Donk
  • Coltricia perennis (Fries) Murrill
  • Anthracobia macrocystis (Cooke) Boudier
  • A. maurilabra (Cooke) Boudier
  • A. melaloma (Fries) Boudier
  • Ascobolus carbonarius Karsten
  • Geopyxis carbonaria (Fries) Saccardo
  • Lamprospora astroidea (Hazslinzky) Boudier
  • Peziza echinospora Karsten
  • P. petersii Berkeley & Curtis
  • P. praetervisa Bresadola
  • P. violacea Persoon
  • Pyronema omphalodes (St Amans) Fuckel
  • Tricharia gilva Boudier
  • Trichophaea woolhopeia (Cooke & Phillips) Boudier

(c) Sand-dunes

  • Agaricus bernardii Quélet
  • A. devoniensis P. D. Orton
  • Conocybe dunensis P. D. Orton
  • Eccilia nigella Quélet
  • Hygrocybe conicoides P. D. Orton
  • Inocybe devoniensis P. D. Orton
  • I. dulcamara (Persoon) Kummer
  • I. dunensis P. D. Orton
  • I. halophila Heim
  • I. serotina Peck
  • Laccaria maritima (Theodowicz) Singer
  • Psathyrella ammophila (Durieu & Léville) P. D. Orton
  • Stropharia albocyanea (Desmariezes) Quélet
  • Geaster striatum de Candolle
  • Tulostoma brumale Persoon
  • Vascellum depressum (Bonorden) Smarda
  • Phallus hadriani Persoon
  • Corynetes arenarius (Rostrup) Durand
  • Peziza ammophila Durieu & Montagne

(d) Heathland

  • Cystoderma amianthinum (Fries) Fayod
  • Entoloma helodes (Fries) Kummer
  • E. madidum (Fries) Gillet
  • Galerina mniophila (Lasch) Kühner
  • G. praticola (Moëller) P. D. Orton
  • G. vittaeformis (Fries) Moser
  • Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Fries) Maire
  • Hygrocybe cantharella (Schweintz) Murrill
  • H. lacma (Fries) Orton & Watling
  • H. laeta (Fries) Kummer
  • H. ovina (Fries) Kühner
  • H. subradiata (Secretan) Orton & Watling
  • H. turunda (Fries) Karsten
  • Hypholoma ericaeum (Fries) Kühner
  • H. subericaeum (Fries) Kühner
  • Mycena epipterygia (Fries) S. F. Gray
  • M. olivaceomarginata (Massee) Massee
  • Omphalina velutina (Quélet) Quélet
  • Clavaria argillacea (Persoon) Fries
  • Lycoperdon foetidum Bonorden

(e) Marshes

  • Cortinarius uliginosus Berkeley
  • Coprinus friesii Quélet (on grass-stems)
  • C. martinii P. D. Orton (on Juncus)
  • Entoloma sericatum (Britz.) Saccardo (under birches)
  • Galerina jaapii Smith & Singer
  • G. paludosa (Fries) Kühner
  • G. sphagnorum (Fries) Kühner
  • G. tibiicystis (Atkinson) Kühner
  • Hygrocybe cantharella (Schweinitz) Murrill
  • H. coccineocrenata (P. D. Orton) Moser
  • H. turunda (Fries) Karsten
  • Hypholoma elongatum (Fries) Ricken
  • H. udum (Fries) Kühner
  • Laccaria proxima (Boudier) Patouillard
  • Marasmius menieri Boudier on Typha
  • Mycena belliae (Johnston) P. D. Orton on Phragmites
  • M. bulbosa (Cejp) Kühner on Juncus
  • M. integrella (Fries) S. F. Gray on Cladium
  • Omphalina ericetorum (Fries) Quélet Lange
  • O. oniscus (Fries) Quélet
  • O. philonotis (Lasch) Quélet
  • O. sphagnicola (Berkeley) Moser
  • Pholiota myosotis (Fries) Singer
  • Psathyrella sphagnicola (Maire) Favre
  • Tephrocybe palustris (Peck) Donk
  • Cudoniella clavus (Fries) Dennis
  • Mitrula paludosa Fries
  • Scutellinia scutellata (St Amans) Lambotte (with bright red disc and conspicuous brown hairs at the margin)
  • Vibrissea truncorum Fries (an orange-capped fungus with a black stem)

(f) Mountain tops

  • Amanita nivalis Greville
  • Cortinarius anomalus (Fries) Fries
  • C. cinnamomeus (Fries) Fries
  • C. tabularis (Fries) Fries
  • Russula alpina (Blytt) Moëller & Schaeffer
  • R. xerampelina var. pascua Favre

(g) Mossy areas on the ground, rocks or stumps

  • Galerina hypnorum (Fries) Kühner
  • G. mniophila (Lasch) Kühner
  • G. mycenopsis (Fries) Kühner
  • G. praticola Moëller
  • C. unicolor (Sommerf.) Singer (often on wood)
  • Leptoglossum lobatus (Fries) Ricken
  • L. retirugis (Fries) Kühner & Romagnesi
  • Mycena corticola (Fries) Ricken (on wood)
  • M. hiemalis (Fries) Quélet (on wood)
  • M. olida Bresadola (on wood)
  • Omphalina rickenii Hora
  • Cyphella muscigena (Pers.) Fries
  • Cyphellostereum levis (Fries) Reid
  • Neottiella rutilans (Fries) Dennis

(h) Hypogeous fungi

  • Melanogaster variegatus Vittadini
  • Rhizopogon luteolus Fries
  • R. rubescens Tulasne
  • Elaphomyces granulatus Fries
  • E. muricatus Fries
  • Gyrocratera ploettneriana Hennings
  • Hydnotrya tulasnei Berkeley & Broome
  • Melanogaster variegatus Vittadini
  • Tuber aestivum Vittadini
  • T. rufum Fries

(i) On rotten fungi

  • Nyctalis asterophora Fries
  • N. parasitica (Fries) Fries
  • Collybia cirrhata (Fries) Kummer
  • C. cookei (Bresadola) J. D. Arnold
  • C. tuberosa (Fries) Kummer