FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



IDENTIFICATION BY PLACE OF GROWTH (Continued) 



Place of 

 Growth 



(In woods 

 among 

 special 

 kinds of 

 trees) 



Hemlocks 



Color of Cap 



Egg yolk 



Grayish- 

 bufF or 

 rusty- 

 brown or 

 yellowish 



Remarks 



I to 3 inches broad; 

 gills, stem and cap 

 colored alike. Gills 

 thick; far apart. 



2 to 4 inches broad; 

 Margin curled down- 

 ward and inward ; 

 gills forked. 



Name 



Cantharellus 

 cibarius (12) 



Paxillus 



involutus (100) 



(Amongst 

 special 

 kinds of 

 trees) 



Ever- 

 greens 



Reddish- 

 white, 

 reddish- 

 brown or 

 leaden- 

 brown 



Orange or 

 red ; paler 

 at margin 



Egg yolk 

 yellow 



Whitish 

 tinged 

 with 

 brown 

 when 

 moist; 

 whitish 

 when dry 



Grayish- 

 brown or 

 sooty- 

 brown 



Orange or 

 grayish 

 orange 

 with 

 brighter 

 mottled 

 zones 



Tawny red, 

 turning 

 brownish 

 red when 

 old 



2 to 4 inches broad; 

 cup at base of stem: 

 no ring on stem; gills 

 free from stem. 



3 to 6 inches broad; 

 stem with ring; cup at 

 base. No warts on 

 cap. 



I to 3 inches broad; 

 gills, stem and cap 

 same color. Gills 

 thick and far apart. 



J^ to 1 3^ inches broad 

 gills thin; close to- 

 gether; attached to 

 stem or extending 

 down it. 



I to 3 inches broad. 

 Conic with apex down. 

 Stem club shaped. 



2 to s inches broad. 

 Orange milky juice of 

 mild taste. 



2 to 4 inches broad; 

 odor and taste branny ; 

 gills notched at stem. 



Amanitopsis 

 vaginata (8) 



Amanita 

 caesarea (4) 



Cantharellus 

 cibarius (12) 



Clitocybe 

 albidula (19) 



Clitocybe 

 clavipes (22) 



Lactarius 



deliciosus (73) 



Tricholoma 

 transmutans 

 (127) 



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