KEY TO COMMON GILLED FUNGI 



IDENTIFICATION BY COLOR OF CAP (Continued) 



Size of Cap 



Remarks 



Name 



Russula. Many species. 



2 to 5 

 inches 

 broad 



Smooth or dotted with 

 fine scales. Gills slight- 

 ly notched; white. 

 Stem short; thick; 

 solid. 



Tricholoma 

 russula (125) 



3^ to 3 

 inches 

 broad 



2 to s 



inches 

 broad 



iMto 5 

 inches 

 broad 



2 to 4 

 inches 

 broad 



2 to 3 

 inches 

 broad 



inches 

 broad 



I to 1 3^ 

 inches 

 broad 



>^ to I inch 

 by H to 

 % inches 



I to 2 H 

 inches 

 broad 



3 to 5 

 inches 

 broad 



Never in woods. Gills 

 pink when young; 

 turning brown and 

 black when old. Stem 

 with ring. 



On ground in woods. 

 Gills pink when young, 

 turning brown or 

 backish brown. Stem 

 with ring-sometimes 

 a double one. 



On ground. Gills white; 

 free from stem. Stem 

 with ring; cup at base. 



Deep striations at edge; 

 fragile. Gills free from 

 stem. Stem long; 

 with cup at base but 

 no ring. 



Dry, soft, even surface. 

 Gills white; some 

 forked at base. Stem 

 smooth; solid; white. 



Rarely stem is at side. 

 Gills very thin; at- 

 tached or decurrent. 

 Stem waxy; rooting; 

 hairy at base. 



Cap glossy; tough. Gills 

 attached to stem; 

 white; stem mealy at 

 top. 



Kidney - shaped. At- 

 tached by edge or by 

 short hairy stem to 

 wood. Hygrophanous. 



Kidney - shaped. In 



groups. Hygrophan- 



On ground in woods. 

 Acrid, milky juice. 



Agaricus 



campestris (2) 



Agaricus 

 silvicola (3) 



Amanita 



phalloides (6) 



Amanitopsis 

 vaginata (8) 



Clitocybe 



albissima (20) 



Clitocybe 



candicans (21) 



Clitocybe 

 dealbata (24) 



Crepidotus 

 applanatus 

 (45) 



Crepidotus 



malachius (47) 



Lactarius piper- 

 atus (75) 



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