# Identification of the Larger Fungi

Author: Watling, Roy, 1938-; Kenney, Antony [Editor]

Genre: Category: Science - Biology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60159

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## Summary

In several continental books some or all of these divisions are recognised as distinct genera in their own right. The subgenus _Telamonia_ which occurs in many texts was formerly thought to differ from _Hydrocybe_ in the presence of a universal veil; the universal veil is a second veil which completely envelopes the fruit-body when it is young and is in addition to the cortina. However, the modern treatment would seem to suggest that the presence of the universal veil is not of the utmost importance and so the two subgenera are incorporated into one. The name _Hydrocybe_ reflects the character of changing colour as it dries out because of the loss of water. Within each subgenus the specie...

## Chapters

- [d. Medium, rarely large, agarics with dry, silky to innately](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/identification-of-the-larger-fungi-60159/chapters/1/index.md)