FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



IDENTIFICATION BY COLOR OF CAP (Continued) 



Size of Cap 



Remarks 



2 to 5 

 inches 

 broad 



2 to 4 

 inches 

 broad 



2 to S 



inches 

 broad 



4 to 12 

 inches 

 broad 



2 to 3 



inches 

 broad 



8 inches or 

 more 

 broad 



2 to 5 

 inches 

 broad 



2 to 2 J4 

 inches 

 broad 



2 to 4 inches 

 broad 



2 to 4 inches 

 broad 



2 to 4 inches 

 broad 



2 to 8 inches 

 broad 



On ground in woods. 

 Soft wooly surface. 

 Milky (slightly acrid) 

 juice. 



On wood. Cap tough; 

 hard when dry. Gills 

 white with saw-like 

 edge. 



On ground. Gills white; 

 free from stem; stem 

 with ring; no cup at 

 base. 



Gills white when young, 

 green when mature ; 

 free from stem. Stem 

 with large ring. 



Gills free from stem; 

 white; pinkish or 

 smoky - brown when 

 old. Stem with ring; 

 no cup at base. 



Cap hairy; stem at edge; 

 on wood. 



On wood in clusters. 

 Stem at edge of cap. 

 Spores white (Those 

 of P. sapidus lilac.) 



Gills free from stem; 

 white when young ; 

 pink when mature. 

 Stem easily separable 

 from cap. 



Cap sometimes stained 

 yellowish. Gills white 

 or faintly greenish 

 when old. Stem short; 

 thick. 



Lactarius 



vellereus (78) 



Lentinus 



lepideus (81) 

 (white with 

 brown scales) 



Lepiota 



americana (82) 

 (white with 

 reddish scales) 



Lepiota 



Morgani (83) 

 (with brown 

 scales) 



Lepiota 



naucina (84) 



Panus 



strigosus (98) 



Pleurotus 



ostreatus (106) 

 sapidus (107) 

 ulmarius (108) 



Pluteus 



cervinus (no) 

 (rarely white) 



Russula 



delica (114) 



On ground in woods. Russula 



Taste acrid. Gills emetica (ns) 



chalk white. Fragile. (rarely white) 



Cap dry; margin turned 

 in when young. Gills 

 and stem white. 

 Taste bitter. 



Cap silky-white. Gills 

 pink. Stem with 

 large cup. 



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Tricholoma 

 album (122) 



Volvaria 

 bombycina 

 (128) 



