New York State Museum 



EDIBLE FUNGI 



Synoptic table of genera represented 



Mushroom having a cap ......... i 



Mushroom without a cap . . . . . . . .14 



1 Under surface of cap furnished with thin radiating plates or gills . 2 



1 Under surface having pores or tubes .13 



1 Under surface having slender, pointed spines . . . Hydnum 



1 Under surface even or slightly wrinkled . . . Craterellus 



2 Gills with the edge obtuse . . . . Cantharellus 



2 Gills with the edge acute ........ 3 



3 Gills free from the stem ........ 4 



3 Gills attached to the stem at their inner extremity ... 6 

 4 Stem without a collar . . . . . . Amanitopsis 



4 Stem with a collar ......... 5 



5 Spores white . . . . . . . . .Lepiota 



5 Spores brown . . . . . . . . Agaricus 



6 Plant with a white or colored juice . . . . . Lactarius 



6 Plant without a white or colored juice ..... 7 



7 Gills of a soft, waxy texture . . . . .Hygrophorus 



7 Gills not waxy ........ . . 8 



8 Stem fleshy or externally fibrous ....... 9 



8 Stem cartilaginous or externally cartilaginous . . C o 1 1 y b i a 

 9 Central substance of gills vesicular . . . . . Russula 



9 Central substance of gills not vesicular .... . .10 



10 Spores white .... ..... 11 



10 Spores ferruginous, rusty brown or rusty ochraceous . . .12 

 10 Spores purplish brown . . . . . . Hypholoma 



1 1 Gills sinuate, notched or excavated next the stem . Tricholoma 

 11 Gills adnate or decurrent, not notched . . . .Clitocybe 



12 Stem with a collar . . . . . . . P hoi iota 



