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Edge thin, stem cartilaginous outside Omphalia. 



Gills sinuate, general structure fleshy Tricholoma. 



Gills adnate or adnexed — 



Cap rather fleshy, margin incurved when young Collybia. 



Plants soft or more or less fleshy, etc. — Continued. 

 Ring and volva both absent — Continued. 

 Stem central — Continued. 



Gills adnate or adnexed — Continued. 

 Cap thin, margin of the cap at first straight, mostly 



bell-shaped Mycena. 



Cap fleshy, gills very rigid and brittle, stem stout — 



Milk present Lactarius. 



Milk absent Russula. 



Gills various, often decurrent, adnate or only adnexed, 

 edge thin, thick at junction of cap, usually distant, 



waxy Hygrophorus. 



Plants coriaceous, tough, fleshy or membranaceous, reviving 

 when moistened: 

 Stem generally central, substance of the cap noncontinuous 

 with that of the stem, gills thin, often connected by veins 



or ridges (Fig. 264) Marasmius. 



Stem central, excentric, lateral, or absent, substance of the cap 

 continuous with that of the stem — 



Edge of gills toothed or serrate Lentinus. 



Edge of gills not toothed or serrate Panus. 



Edge of gills split into two laminae and revolute . Schizophyllum. 



Plants corky or woody, gills inatradig Lenzites. 



Rosy-s pored Agarics 



Stem excentric or absent and pileus lateral Claudopus. 



Stem central: 



Volva present, annulus wanting Volvaria. 



Volva and annulus absent — 



Cap easily separating from the stem, gills free Pluteus. 



Cap conflaent with the stem, gills sinuate Entoloma. 



Ochres pored Agarics {Spores Yellow or Brown) 



Gills easily separable from the flesh of the cap: 



Margin of the cap incurved, gills more or less decurrent forked 



or connected with veinlike reticulations Paxillus. 



Gills not easily separable from the flesh of the cap: 



Universal veil present, arachnoid Cortinarius. 



