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Order Agaeicini. 

 I. Spores white, or very slightly tinted. — Leucospori. 



* Plant fleshy, more or less firm, putrescent (neither deliquescent nor coriace- 



ous). 



t Hymenophore free. 



Pileus bearing warts or patches free from the cuticle (volvate), 



Amanita 

 Pileus scaly, scales concrete with the cuticle (not volvate).. Lepiota 

 t Hymenophore confluent. 



X Without cartilaginous bark. 

 § Stem central. 



il With a ring Armillaria 



II Eingless. 



Gills sinuate Tricholoma 



Gills decurrent. 



Edge acute Clitocyhe 



Edge swollen, obtuse CANTHAEELLUS 



Gills adnate. 



Parasitic on other Agarics =.. NYCTALIS 



Not parasitic. 



Milky LACTARIUS 



Not milky. 



Rigid and brittle EUSSULA 



Waxy HYGEOPHOEUS 



§ Stem lateral or absent Pleurotus 



X With cartilaginous bark. 



Gills adnate Vollyhia 



Gills sinuate Mycena 



Gills decurrent OmpJialia 



* Plant tough, coriaceous, or woody. 



t Stem central. 



Gills simple MAEASMIUS 



Gills branched XEEOTUS 



t Stem lateral or wanting. 



Gills toothed LENTINUS 



Gills not toothed PANUS 



Gills channelled longitudinally or crisped TEOGIA 



Gills splitting longitudinally SCHIZOPHYLLUM 



Gills anastomosing LENZITES 



II. Spores rosy or salmon color. — Hyporhodii. 



* Without cartilaginous bark. 



t Hymenophore free. 



X With a volva Voharia 



X Without a volva. 



With a ring Annularia 



Eingless PluUus 



t Hymenophore confluent, not free. 

 X stem central. 



Gills aduate or sinuate Entoloma 



Gills decurrent ClitopiluH 



i Stem lateral or absent Glaudopus 



* With cartilaginous bark. 



Gills decurrent Eccilia 



Gills not decurrent. 



