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On the basis of studies of about 100 collections of the groupConocybe mesospora and after comparison of extra-European material we conclude that, within the European representatives of this complex, it is necessary to distinguish nine species and two varieties. Three new species are described:Conocybe subxerophytica Sing. & Hauskn.,C. minima Sing. & Hauskn. andC. roberti Sing. & Hauskn. C. mesospora var.subalpina Sing. is now recognized as an autonomous species, butC. brunneola (Kühn. ex)Kühn. & Watling is understood as variety ofC. microspora (Velen.)Dennis. C. excedens var.pseudomesospora Sing. & Hauskn. is described as a new variety.C. affinis Sing. is indicated for Europe.C. microsperma Sing. is the new name ofC. microspora (Vel.)Dennis ss.Dennis. A full description of nine taxa of this group is given and a key to 11 taxa occurring in Europe added. Seven taxa are illustrated for the first time with colored photographs. All taxa known to us from other continents and belonging to theC. mesospora group have been compared with the most similar European species or varieties.
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Singer, R., Hausknecht, A. The group ofConocybe mesospora in Europe (Bolbitiaceae). Pl Syst Evol 180, 77–104 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00940399
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