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AGARICALES 



(n) Cap not diaphanous and ephem- 

 eral 

 r. Margin of the young cap turned 



in 

 s. Margin of the young cap straight 

 (b) Gills waxy rather than fleshy, splitting 

 with difificulty 

 , Pileus fleshy-leathery, leathery, corky or woody, 

 persistent, reviving when wet 



a. Pileus fleshy-leathery or gelatinous-leathery 



(1) Gills wide, distinct 



(a) Stipe discrete from the hymenophorc; 



gills not decurrent 

 X. Pileus tough-fleshy or leathery 

 y. Pileus gelatinous-leathery 



(b) Stipe and hymenophore continuous; 



gills decurrent; stipe often lateral or 

 lacking 

 X. Edge of gills acute 

 (x) Edge typically serrate 

 (y) Edge entire 

 y. Edge of gills obtuse; gills dichotomous 



(2) Gills fold-like, edges canaliculate or crisp 



b. Pileus corky or woody 



(1) Gills tomentose 



(2) Gills glabrous 



CoUybia 5:200, K 271; 44 

 Mycena 5:251, K 268 



Hygrophorus 5:387, K 250 



Marasmius 5:503, K 256; 44 

 Heliomyces 5:569, K 259 



Lentinus 5:571, K 254 

 Panus 5:614, K 253 

 Xerotus 5:630, K 256 

 Trogia 5:635, K 253: 44 



Tilotus 5:652 

 Lenzites 5:637, K 199 



Rhodosporae 

 5:656; K 241 



Spores rosy, salmon-colored or rosy-rust-colored in spore-prints, paler under 

 the microscope. 



A. Stipe excentric or none; typically lignicole 



B. Stipe central or nearly so 



1. Hymenophore discrete from stipe 



a. Stipe volvate 



(1) Stipe annulate also 



(2) Stipe not annulate 



b. Stipe not volvate 



(1) Stipe annulate 



(2) Stipe not annulate 



2. Hymenophore homogeneous and confluent with 



the stipe 



a. Gills decurrent 



(1) Stipe fleshy-fibrous 



(2) Stipe cartilaginous 



b. Gills adnexed, sinuate or free 



(1) Stipe fleshy-fibrous; gills sinuate 



(2) Stipe cartilaginous; gills not sinuate 



(a) Cap convex; margin at first inflexed 



(b) Cap campanulate; margin straight from 



the first 



Claudopus 5:733, K 241; 45 



Metraria 9:82, K 246 

 Volvaria 5:656, K 246 



Annularia 5:663, K 246 

 Pluteus 5:665, K 244; 45 



Clitopilus 5:698, K 243; 45 

 Eccilia 5:729, K 242 



Entoloma 5:679, K 244; 45 



Leptonia 5:706, K 242 



Nolanea 5:716, K 242 



