KEY TO COMMON GILLED FUNGI 



IDENTIFICATION BY CHARACTER OF CAP (Continued) 



Character of 

 Cap 



Color of Cap 



Orange 

 with 

 brighter 

 zones 



Tawny- 

 redaish 



Tawny or 

 rusty 



Tan, gray 

 or brown- 

 ish 



Grayish- 

 bufif, 

 rusty 

 brown or 

 yellowish 



Yellow 



Watery 

 cinnamon 

 when 

 moist; 

 pale yel- 

 low when 

 dry 



Dingy 



brown ; 



rarely 



whitish, 



yellowish 



ashy or 



blackish 



Red, dark 

 purple, 

 olivaceous 

 or green 



Blood red 

 or rosy 



Remarks 



2 to 5 inches broad. 

 Milky juice. 



2 to 5 inches broad. 

 Milky juice turning 

 yellow after exposure. 



I to 2 inches broad. 

 Cap hemispheric. 

 Gills rusty. 

 Stem long. 



H to I H iiiches broad. 

 Cap conic or bell- 

 shaped, with cracks. 

 Stem long. 



3 to 4 inches broad. 

 Margin turned down 

 and in. Stem some- 

 times off center. 



I to 4 inches broad. On 

 wood. Scales on sur- 

 face. Flaky ring on 

 stem. 



I to 2 inches broad. On 

 wood. Stem with 

 ring. "Fading phol- 

 iota." 



2 to 2j^ inches broad. 

 Gills pink; free from 

 stem. Stem easily 

 detached. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Gills yellow or tan. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Gills chalk white. 

 Taste acrid. 



Name 



Lactarius deli- 

 ciosus (73) 



Lactarius 



theiogalus (77) 



Naucoria 

 semiorbicu- 

 laris (92) 

 (slightly 

 viscid) 



Panaeolus 



retirugis (97) 



Paxillus 



involutus (100) 



Pholiota 



adiposa (lOi) 



Pholiota 



discolor (103) 



Pluteus 



cervinus (lio) 



(slightly 



viscid) 



Russula 



alutacea (113) 



Russula 



emetica (115) 



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