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B.- I'ileus medium, downy to Iiairv: lamellae orange-yellow. 



Claudopus (548) 

 A". Stipe central or subcentral. 



B.^ Edge of lamellae obtuse ; thick and veinlike. 



Cantharellus ( S^i) 

 B.- Edge of lamellae acute. 



C.^ Universal veil leaving a volva at base of stipe. 



Volvaria (543) 

 C.- \^olva wanting. 



D.^ Lamellae free ; pileus easily separating f ri.m 



stipe Pluteus (544) 



D.- Eamellac normally attached (in some becoming 

 nearly free) ; pileus confluent with stipe. 

 E.^ Lamellae decurrent. 



F.^ Stipe fleshy-fibrous. .. Clitopilus (546) 

 F.- Stipe cartilaginous : pileus umbilicate. 



Eccilia (547> 

 E.- Lamellae not decurrent. 



F.^ Lamellae sinuate; stipe fleshy-fibrous. 



Entoloma (545) 



F.- Lamellae not sinuate ; stipe cartilaginous. 



G.^ Pileus campanulate ; margin straight 



from the first. . .Nolanea (547) 



G.- Pileus convexo-plane ; margin at first 



inroHed Leptonia (547) 



OCHROSPORAE. 



A.' Lamellae dissolving at maturity into a gelatinous nr ]jowder\- 



conditif n Bolbitius (561) 



A.'- Lamellae not dissolving. 



B.' Lamellae readily separating from >ul!stance nf pileus: 



margin of pileus inrolled Paxillus (560) 



B.- Lamellae not readily separating from pileus. 



C Fc'ge of lamellae obtuse; thick and ve'u-like. 



Cantharellus (531) 



