FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



IDENTIFICATION BY TASTE (Continued) 



Color of Cap 



Yellow 



Rosy or 

 blood- 

 red 



Yellowish 



Remarks 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Wrinkled and often 

 scaly. Stem with 

 thick ring. Gills 



whitish; turning rusty 

 when old. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Fragile. Sticky when 

 moist. Gills pure 

 white. Stem white 

 or red-tinged. 



3 to s inches broad. 

 Sticky when moist. 

 Marginal radiating 

 furrows. Odor of 

 bitter almonds. 



Name 



Pholiota 



caperata (102) 



Russula 



emetica (115) 



Russula 



foetens (116) 



Pa<le 

 yello'? 



Dark brick- 

 red, often 

 paler at 

 margin 



Tawny, or 

 brown- 

 ish-red 



Tawny- 

 reddish 



White, with 

 reddish 

 or red- 

 dish- 

 brown 

 scales 



Yellowish 

 or dingy- 

 rusty 



White; 

 some- 

 times 

 yellowish 



I to 2 inches broad. 

 In woods on wood. 

 Gills yellow, turning 

 rusty when old. White 

 down at base of stem. 



I to 3 inches broad. 

 On wood; in clusters. 

 Gills yellowish or 

 greenish, turning 

 brown when old. 



J^ to 2 3^ inches broad. 

 White milky juice. 



2 to 5 inches broad. 

 White milky juice, 

 turning yellow when 

 exposed. 



I to 4 inches broad. 

 Gills free from stem. 

 Stem with ring espe- 

 cially when young. 



3 to 5 inches broad. 

 Odor of bitter al- 

 monds. Sticky when 

 moist. Radial stria- 

 tions at margin. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 On ground in woods. 

 Dry. Margin turned 

 in when young. Gills 

 notched. 



Flammula 

 fiavida (52) 



Hypholoma 

 sublateritium 

 (66) 



Lactarius 



subdulcis (76) 



Lactarius 



theiogalus (77) 



Lepiota 



americana (82) 



Russula 



foetens (116) 



Tricholoma 

 album (122) 



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