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AGARICACEiE 



Simple. 



Gills sinuate 6 Tricholoma. 



Gills decurrent 



edge acute 7 Clitocybe. 



edge swollen 50 Cantharellus. 



separating from hymenophore 46 Paxillus. 



(Group 1. Lepista.) 

 Gills adnate. 



Parasitic on Agarics 51 Nyctalis. 



Not parasitic. 



Milky 48 Lactarius. 



Not milky. 



Rigid and brittle 49 Russula. 



Waxy 47 Hygrophorus. 



Stem lateral or absent 11 Pleurotus. 



Stem with cartilaginous bark. 



Gills usually adnate 8 Collybia. 



Gills sinuate 9 Mycena. 



Gills decurrent 10 Omphalia. 



B. Plant tough, coriaceous or woody. 

 Stem central. 



Gills simple 52 Marasmius. 



Gills branched 55 Xerotus. 



Stem lateral or absent. 



Gills toothed 53 Lentinus. 



Gills not toothed 54 Panus. 



Gills channelled longitudinally or crisped ... 56 Trogia. 



Gills splitting longitudinally 57 Schizophyllum. 



Gills anastomosing 58 Lenzites. 



II. Spores rosy or salmon-colour. 



A. Stem without cartilaginous bark. 

 Hymenophore distinct from the fleshy stem. 



Stem volvate 12 Volvaria. 



Stem annulate 13 Annularia. 



Stem simple 14 Pluteus. 



Hymenophore confluent and homogeneous with the 



fleshy stem. 

 Stem central. 



Gills adnate or sinuate 15 Entoloma. 



Gills decurrent 16 Clitopilus. 



Stem lateral or absent 20 Claudopus. 



B. Stem with cartilaginous bark. 



Gills decurrent 19 Eccilia. 



Gills not decurrent. 



Pileus scaly 17 LEPTONIA. 



Pileus papillose, subcampanulate. 



Gills membranous, persistent 18 NoLANEA. 



Gills subdeliquescent 43 Bolbitius. 



III. Spores brown, reddish- or yellowish-brown. 



Stem without cartilaginous bark. 

 Stem central. 

 Stem annulate. 



Annulus membranous. 



Terrestrial 22 Togaria. 



Growing on wood 24 Pholiota. 



Annulus arachnoid, fdamentous or evanescent. 



Gills adnate, terrestrial 44 Cortinarius. 



Gills decurrent or adnate, growing on wood... 27 Flammula. 



