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==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==
''Psathyrella ammophila'' was first described in 1868 by [[Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve]] and [[Joseph-Henri Léveillé]] in one of Durieu de Maisonneuve's publications on the flora and fauna of Algeria, ''Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie: Sciences naturelles, botanique''. They gave it the scientific name ''Agaricus ammophilus''. The species was identified and described a further five times under different names, until 1960, when the botanist [[P.D. Orton]] gave the definitive classification in the journal ''Transactions of the British Mycological Society'' (now ''[[Fungal Biology]]'').
''Psathyrella ammophila'' was first described in 1868 by [[Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve]] and [[Joseph-Henri Léveillé]] in one of Durieu de Maisonneuve's publications on the flora and fauna of Algeria, ''Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie: Sciences naturelles, botanique''. They gave it the scientific name ''Agaricus ammophilus''. The species was identified and described a further five times under different names, until 1960, when the botanist [[P.D. Orton]] gave the definitive classification in the journal ''Transactions of the British Mycological Society'' (now ''[[Fungal Biology]]'').<ref name="Orton"/>


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Psathyrella ammophila
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P. ammophila
Binomial name
Psathyrella ammophila
Synonyms
Psathyrella ammophila
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is campanulate or flat
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Spore print is blackish-brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible

Psathyrella ammophila is a species of fungus in the Psathyrellaceae family and is found throughout Europe. Commonly known as the dune brittlestem, it primarily grows on sand dunes near marram grass. It feeds saprotrophically on the decaying grasses. The season of growth is June to November.

P. ammophila is variable in appearance, changing colour and shape during its lifespan. Initally bell-shaped and tan or pale brown, the cap gradually flattens and darkens, becoming dark brown with a depressed shape as it ages.[1]

Taxonomy

Psathyrella ammophila was first described in 1868 by Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve and Joseph-Henri Léveillé in one of Durieu de Maisonneuve's publications on the flora and fauna of Algeria, Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie: Sciences naturelles, botanique. They gave it the scientific name Agaricus ammophilus. The species was identified and described a further five times under different names, until 1960, when the botanist P.D. Orton gave the definitive classification in the journal Transactions of the British Mycological Society (now Fungal Biology).[2]

References

  1. ^ Jordan, Michael (2004). The Encyclopaedia of Fungi of Britain and Europe. Frances Lincoln Ltd. p. 237. ISBN 9780711223790.
  2. ^ Orton, P.D. (1960). "New check list of British Agarics and Boleti, part III (keys to Crepidotus, Deconica, Flocculina, Hygrophorus, Naucoria, Pluteus and Volvaria)". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 43 (2). British Mycological Society: 159–439. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(60)80065-4.