Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe. Vol. 3: Agarics, part 2. 2021. illus. ca. XIX, 183 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Volume 3 is the second volume in the series to deal with the gilled fungi, the agarics and covers: Agaricaceae (continued from volume 1), Psathyrellaceae, Mythicomycetaceae, Galeropsidaceae, Strophariaceae, Hymenogastraceae and Cortinariaceae.

Contents

Using this book iii
Families and Genera iv
Preface & Acknowledgements v
The Structures of Gilled Fungi vi
Stem Shapes vi
Common Cap Shapes vi
Gill Attachments vii
Spore Shapes and Ornamentation vii
Cystidia viii
Cap Cuticles viii
Some Common Colour Terms in Fungi ix
Glossary x
Further Reading xii
Checklist of Trees and Shrubs xiv
Keys to major groups of gilled fungi xv

Illustrations and descriptions of species 1–173
Agaricaceae 2
Psathyrellaceae 14
Mythicomycetaceae 50
Galeropsidaceae 52
Strophariaceae 54
Hymenogastraceae 70
Cortinariaceae 100

Index 174
Index of Genera in Volumes 1–3 180

Volume 4 will allow completion of something like 98% of those gilled fungi known to date. This final volume will also include an addendum of species added to the British list since the publication of the first three volumes. Families to be covered in volume 4: Bolbitaceae, Crepidotaceae, Inocybaceae, Tubariaceae, Macrocystidiaceae and Entolomataceae.