AGARICACEAE 



167 



Ochrosporae 



5:735; K 216 



Spores ochraceous to dark ferruginous 



A. Gills separating readily from hymenophore, de- 



current; margin more or less persistently invo- 

 lute 



B, Gills not separating readily from hymenophore 



1. Gill-veil cobwebby, hanging curtain-like from 



the margin, often disappearing completely 

 with age 



2. Gill-veil not cobwebby 



a. Stipe excentric or none; typically lignicole 



b. Stipe central or nearly so 



(1) Stipe volvate or annulate 



(a) Stipe volvate 



(b) Stipe annulate 



(2) Stipe not volvate or annulate 



(a) Pileus and gills very delicate, deliquesc- 



ing 



(b) Pileus and gills not deliquescing 

 X. Stipe fleshy 



(x) Gills adnate or decurrent; typically 



lignicole 

 (y) Gills mostly sinuate; typically humi- 



cole 

 m. Pileus fibrillose, silky or scaly 

 n. Pileus smooth, typically viscid 

 y. Stipe cartilaginous 

 (x) Gills decurrent 

 (y) Gills not decurrent 

 m. Margin of pileus inflexed at first 

 n. Margin of pileus straight from the 

 first 

 (m) Stipe discrete from hymenophore; 



gills free 



(n) Stipe homogeneous with hymeno- 

 phore; gills adnate or adnexed Galera 5:860, K 217 



Paxillus 5:983, K 216 



Cortinarius 5:889, K 222 

 Crepidotus 5:876, K 217; 45 



Locellina 5:761, K 216, 229 

 Pholiota 5:736, K 227 



Bolbitius 5:1073, K 220 



Flammula 5:809, K 226; 45 



Inocybe 5:672, K 220 

 Hebeloma 5:791, K 227 



Tubaria 5:872, K 218 



Naucoria 5:828, K 218; 45 



Pluteolus 5:859, K 218 



Melanosporae 



5:991; K 230 



Spores purple to dark-purple or black, or the gills black 



A. Spores purple or dark-purple 



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 continuous with stipe 

 a. Stipe annulate 



Chitoniella 14:149, K 241 

 Chitonia 5:992, K 241 



Agaricus 5:993, K 239; 45 

 Pilosace 5:1010, K 241 



Stropharia 5:1012, K 237 



