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The genus Pholiota,
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ters
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current
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The taxonomic part
taxa.
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In addition
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all collections studied
and
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most
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annotated list of type studies, excluded and doubtful taxa, and
list of references.
comprehensive
Holec’s
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fully
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Notes
in literature. Five
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cited per country of origin. The discussions
are
are
numerous
and the characters used for delimitation of
taxa are
species
photographs.
After the
Europe.
infrageneric classification,
accepted
species
the basis of
on
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on
the
much additionalinformation as
concludes with
a
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All
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since many
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western
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numerous
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Part
reviews
J. Holec. The genus Pholiota in central and
IHW
18,
Vol.
of Pholiota follows in
great
lines that of Jacobsson
(Windahlia 19,
1990) and Noordeloos (Flora agaricina neerlandica, vol. 4,1999) with slight alterations.
Kuehneromyces
P.
oedipus,
used for
(P.
example
‘graminis’)
fera
is
and P.
has been
not
included, and also the
myosotis
for how
a
of Pholiota albocrenulata,
level,
species
wide
a
on
The nomenclature of the group of P. aurivella, P.
adjusted,
and follows Noordeloos
European
taxa
collection of Pholiota brunnescens,
indicates that
status
in P. conisans, which includes both forms
records besides the known
a
is discussed. On
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can
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Within section
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grasses
and P. ceriHolec
highlandensis,
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Spumosa,
P. spumosa, P. mixta, and P.
originally
expected
species concept
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