David Pegler

British mycologist and botanist (1938 - ).

David Norman Pegler (born 2 November 1938) is a British mycologist who spent his entire professional career at Kew Gardens, where he became Head of Mycology and assistant keeper of the herbarium. A leading authority on tropical agarics, he described 11 new genera and over 180 species of fungi during expeditions to regions including East Africa, the Caribbean, and South America. He authored more than 200 scholarly articles and 35 books on fungal systematicswhilst also producing popular field guides, and received the Distinguished Mycologist Award from the Mycological Society of America upon his

Abbreviations: Pegler
Occupations: mycologist, botanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Dates: 1938-11-02T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 0 plants, 373 fungi
Authorship mentions: 0 plants, 428 fungi

373 fungi attributed, 55 fungi contributed to428 fungi:

Lentinula edodes (Shiitake) (Berk.) Pegler 1976
edible fungi species in the omphalotaceae family
The shiitake, (; Japanese: [ɕiꜜːtake] Chinese mushroom, black mushroom, Lentinula edodes or sometimes Lentinus edodes) is a macrofungus native to East Asia and mainland Southeast Asia, which is cultivated and consumed around the globe.
Macrolepiota albuminosa (Termitomyces Albuminosus) (Berk.) Pegler 1972
fungi species in the agaricaceae family
Macrolepiota albuminosa is a species of agaric fungus in the family Agaricaceae.
Lentinellus micheneri (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Pegler 1983
fungi species in the auriscalpiaceae family
Lentinellus micheneri is a species of wood-inhabiting fungus in the family Auriscalpiaceae. It was first described in 1853 by mycologist Miles Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis as Lentinus micheneri. David Pegler transferred it to the genus Lentinellus in 1983. The pale tan caps are roundish, centrally depressed, and 5–30 millimetres (1⁄4–1+1⁄4 in) wide. The stems are 1–3 mm (1⁄16–1⁄8 in). it may resemble other species of Lentinellus, especially L. subaustralis, for which microscopy is required to reliably distinguish. It may also resemble Neolentinus kauffmanii. Like all species in its genus,
Macrocybe Pegler & Lodge 1998
fungi genus in the callistosporiaceae family
Macrocybe is a genus of fungi in the family Callistosporiaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agarics (gilled mushrooms) and were previously referred to Tricholoma, but are all large, whitish, and saprotrophic (Tricholoma species are ectomycorrhizal). Recent molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has shown that the genus is a natural, monophyletic grouping, though the status of several species is uncertain. Macrocybe species have a tropical to subtropical distribution. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words makros "long" and kube "head".
Laccaria fraterna (Gumtree Deceiver) (Sacc.) Pegler 1965
fungi species in the hydnangiaceae family
Laccaria fraterna is a species of Laccaria that grows on Eucalyptus and Acacia trees.
Afroboletus Pegler & T.W.K. Young 1981
fungi genus in the boletaceae family
Afroboletus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. The genus, circumscribed in 1981, contains seven species found in tropical Africa.
Amanita zambiana (Zambian Slender Caesar) Pegler & Piearce 1980
edible fungi species in the amanitaceae family
Amanita zambiana, commonly known as the Zambian slender Caesar, is a basidiomycete fungus in the genus Amanita. An edible mushroom, it is found in Africa, where it is commonly sold in markets.
Pleurotus albidus (Berk.) Pegler 1983
fungi species in the pleurotaceae family
Pleurotus albidus is a species of edible fungus in the family Pleurotaceae. Found in Caribbean, Central America and South America, it was described as new to science by Miles Joseph Berkeley, and given its current name by David Norman Pegler in 1983. It grows on trees such as Salix humboldtiana, other willows, Populus and Araucaria angustifolia, and can be cultivated by humans. Phylogenetic research has shown that while it belongs to P. ostreatus clade, it forms its own intersterility group.
Lentinula guarapiensis (Speg.) Pegler 1983
fungi species in the omphalotaceae family
Lentinula guarapiensis is a species of agaric fungus in the family Omphalotaceae that is found in Paraguay. Originally described by Carlos Luigi Spegazzini in 1883 as Agaricus guarapiensis, it was moved to the genus Lentinula by David Pegler in 1983. It is only known from the type collection.
Lactarius baliophaeus Pegler 1969
fungi species in the russulaceae family
Lactarius baliophaeus is a member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the order Russulales. Described as new to science by mycologist David Pegler in 1969, the species is found in Ghana, Benin, and Zambia. Fruitbodies of the type collection were found growing in the ground under Cassia. It is closely related to Lactarius subbaliophaeus, a species described from Togo in 2014. Both are classified in Lactarius section Nigrescentes. L. baliophaeus is edible and used as food.
Hebeloma victoriense A.A. Holland & Pegler 1983
fungi species in the hymenogastraceae family
Hebeloma victoriense is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. Originally described in 1983 based on specimens collected from Victoria, Australia, it is also found in New Zealand.
Gymnopilus crociphyllus (Sacc.) Pegler 1965
fungi species in the hymenogastraceae family
Gymnopilus crociphyllus is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae.
Gymnopilus allantopus (Berk.) Pegler 1965
fungi species in the hymenogastraceae family
Gymnopilus allantopus is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. It is commonly known as the golden wood fungus.
Termitomyces titanicus (Chi-ngulu-ngulu) Pegler & Piearce 1980
fungi species in the lyophyllaceae family
Termitomyces titanicus (common name chi-ngulu-ngulu) is a species of edible fungus in the Lyophyllaceae family. Found in West Africa (as well as Zambia and the Katanga Province of DR Congo), it has a cap that may reach 1 metre (3 ft) in diameter on a stipe up to 57 centimetres (22 inches) in length. Termitomyces is symbiotic with termites of the genus Macrotermes who raise the hyphae upon partially digested leaves as their primary foodstuff. T. titanicus was first described by David Pegler and G. D. Piearce in the Kew Bulletin in 1980; they described it as "incredible that such a large fungus
Rhodactina himalayensis Pegler & T.W.K. Young 1989
fungi species in the boletaceae family
Rhodactina himalayensis is a species of secotioid fungus in the family Boletaceae, and the type species of genus Rhodactina. Originally described from Uttar Pradesh in 1989, it is also found in Dipterocarpaceae-dominated forests in Chang Mai, northern Thailand. It grows in association with roots of Shorea robusta.
Podohydnangium australe G.W. Beaton, Pegler & T.W.K. Young 1984
fungi species in the hydnangiaceae family
Podohydnangium is a fungal genus in the family Hydnangiaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single gasteroid species Podohydnangium australe, found in Australia.
Phylloporus veluticeps (Sacc.) Pegler & T.W.K. Young 1981
fungi species in the boletaceae family
Phylloporus veluticeps is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae.
Panaeolus atrobalteatus Pegler & A. Henrici 1998
fungi species in the galeropsidaceae family
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Macrolepiota dolichaula (Berk. & Broome) Pegler & R.W. Rayner 1969
edible fungi species in the agaricaceae family
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Macrocybe titans (American Titan) (H.E. Bigelow & Kimbr.) Pegler, Lodge & Nakasone 1998
fungi species in the callistosporiaceae family
Macrocybe titans is a species of edible mushroom native to Florida, Central and South America, This mushroom was described as Tricholoma titans in 1980 by Howard E. Bigelow and J. W. Kimbrough, before being reclassified in Macrocybe in 1998. Macrocybe titans form solid, large mushrooms that grow in clumps. The cap is from 8–50 centimetres (3.1–20 in) across, with rare specimens up to 100 centimetres (40 in) in diameter. Buff-ochre with a darker centre and greyish at the margins, and becoming white with age. The crowded white to pale grey or pale brown gills are sinuate and up to 2 cm thick.
Macrocybe spectabilis (Peerally & Sutra) Pegler & Lodge 1998
fungi species in the callistosporiaceae family
Macrocybe spectabilis is a species of mushroom-forming fungus. It is found in Mauritius, Japan, and Hawaii. It is associated with sugarcane. It and Macrocybe titans contain large concentrations of cyanide. This mushroom is listed 食用 (edible) in the book きのこ ("Mushrooms") in the series "New Yama-Kei Pocket Guide."
Macrocybe gigantea (Massee) Pegler & Lodge 1998
edible fungi species in the callistosporiaceae family
Macrocybe gigantea is a species of mushroom-forming fungus that is native to India (West Bengal), Pakistan, and Nepal.
Macrocybe crassa (Sacc.) Pegler & Lodge 1998
fungi species in the callistosporiaceae family
Macrocybe crassa is a species of fungus that is native to Sri Lanka, India (Kerala), Thailand and Malaysia. The large pale cream to brownish mushrooms can weigh up to 1.25 kg and have 40 cm diameter caps. They are widely consumed and highly regarded.
Lentinula novaezelandiae (New Zealand Shiitake) (G. Stev.) Pegler 1983
fungi species in the omphalotaceae family
Lentinula novae-zelandiae, also known as New Zealand shiitake, is a species of edible saprobic fungus endemic to New Zealand. Phylogenetic research suggests this species forms a monophyletic clade of Laurasian origins. It can be cultivated, with cultures and grow kits available commercially in New Zealand.
Lentinula lateritia (Australian Shiitake) (Berk.) Pegler 1983
fungi species in the omphalotaceae family
Lentinula lateritia is a species of agaric fungus in the family Omphalotaceae. It is found in South-east Asia and Australasia, except for New Zealand. Originally described by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1881 as a species of Agaricus, it was transferred to the genus Lentinula in 1983 by David Pegler.
Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler 1976
fungi species in the omphalotaceae family
Lentinula boryana is a species of edible agaric fungus in the family Omphalotaceae that is found in subtropical Americas. Originally described as Agaricus boryanus by Miles Joseph Berkeley & Camille Montagne in 1849, it was moved to the genus Lentinula and given its current name by David Pegler in 1976. It is the type species of the genus Lentinula.
Lactarius chromospermus Pegler 1982
fungi species in the russulaceae family
Lactarius chromospermus is a tropical African member of the large milk-cap genus Lactarius in the family Russulaceae, first described scientifically by David Pegler in 1982. The species is unique both in the genus Lactarius and the family Russulaceae in having a chocolate brown spore print, which also gives the gills a brown colour and lets the fungus resemble species of the genus Agaricus. These distinct features might justify placing the species in its own section or subgenus within Lactarius. Lactarius chromospermus is found in Miombo woodland, where it probably forms ectomycorrhiza with
Gymnopilus purpureonitens (Cooke & Massee) Pegler 1965
fungi species in the hymenogastraceae family
Gymnopilus purpureonitens is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae.
Galerina permixta (Confused Bell) (P.D. Orton) Pegler 1975
fungi species in the hymenogastraceae family
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Cheimonophyllum candidissimum (Snowy Oysterling) (Sacc.) Pegler 1983
fungi species in the cyphellaceae family
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