FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



veins in the spaces between the gills; free from the stem (85); 



close together, crowded; far apart, distant (13). 

 l< Gills, Color of — Mentioned in the key only when the color 



is different from that of the cap. 

 C_ Gills, Form of — ^Attached broadly to the stem (adnate) 



(56) ; extending as far as the stem but not attached broadly to 



it (adnexed) (2); extending down the stem (decurrent) (13); 



forked, branched or joined together (13); broad (34); narrow 



(32); notched near the stem end (emarginate, sinuate) (123); 



with a sawlike edge (serrate) (81); thick (12); blunt edged 



(17); equal in length to each other (113); of different lengths 



(29). 



JjT Stem 



4 Stenii Character of — ^Absent (46); downy or hairy at the 

 base (90); cartilaginous, like gristle; attached to the cap be- 

 tween its center and its edge (eccentric) (107); attached to 

 the cap at the edge (marginal) (45); fragile; hollow (3); solid; 

 stuffed; separable easily from the cap; tough. 

 "7 Stem, Form of — Bulbous at base (44); rooted, extending 

 ^ deeply into the ground (35) ; with a ring or collar surrounding 

 it (annular) (i); inserted into a cup (volva) at the base (8); 

 with ring but without cup (i); with both cup and ring (6); 

 thick (114); thin (86). 

 (_ Stem, Size of — Long (i.e. longer than the breadth of the cap) 

 (85); short (i.e. shorter than the breadth of the cap) (114). 



\^ Spores 



P\ Spores, Color of — Black; brown; brownish-black; rusty 

 (ochraceous) ; pink (rosy, salmon or flesh-color); lilac; green; 

 white; yellow or yellowish. 



Beginners in the study of gilled fungi are advised to read 

 the chapter about the propagation and structure of these 

 plants so that they may the better understand the use of the key. 



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