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Originally Posted by Nick Maclaren[_3_]
Yes. Like almost all semi-professional mycological texts, you
have to START by using a microsocope. While I have one, I have
never taught myself how to use it. Actually, that page is even
worse, and the very first key is:
Spores smooth or finely longitudinally striate under light
microscope; guttules usually absent, rarely present
Spores ornamented with fine (oil immersion!) to coarse warts or
reticulum under light microscope; guttules usually present, rarely
absent
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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This key consciously delays using microscope until you have to.
Cup Fungi (MushroomExpert.Com)
But it is a north American key, is incomplete, and since Pezizas are notoriously difficult to separate....