Entolomataceae in Tasmania. 2012. (Fungal Diversity Research Series, 22). 212 (106 col) figs. XII, 400 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

This book is the result of 14 years of collecting Entolomataceaein the native forests of Tasmania, Australia. Although initially involving only the Tasmanian residents Genevieve Gates and David Ratkowsky, who made twice- or thrice-weekly forays into the forests throughout the year, the project was subsequently joined by agaric specialist Machiel Noordeloos from the Netherlands, and by fungi photographer Michael Pilkington from the United Kingdom. The international character of the project is further evidenced by the earlier contributions of American mycologist Tim Baroni to the Tasmanian Rhodocybe species which form the basis of the chapter on the now-expanded concept of Clitopilus, and a visit of several months in 2010 by Brazilian Ph.D. candidate Fernanda Karstedt, who tested the keys to the Entoloma species. Consequently, several thousand well-annotated collections were found during this inventory and form the basis of this monographic treatment of the Entoloma and Clitopilus of Tasmania. The resulting 90 Entoloma species and 10 Clitopilus species are well documented with standardized descriptions, line drawings of fruit bodies and diagnostic microscopic characters, and, when available, with colour photographs. Thanks to the species concept used is morphologically based; in several cases, however, identification to species level is supported by molecular data. CONTENTS (chapter headings): Abstract/ Author Biographies / Part I. Introduction (General introduction Taxonomy, Phylogeny and biogeography of the Entolomataceae / Material andMethods/ How to study Entolomataceae/ The characters used for the delimitation of taxa in Entoloma/ Ecology, distribution, and phenology of the Tasmanian species) / Part II. Taxonomic part:2. Family Entolomataceae (Synopsis of the Tasmanian species/Key to the genera)/ 3. The genus Entoloma (Key to the species/Species descriptions)/ 4. The genus Clitopilus (Key to the species/Species descriptions)/ Index