KEY TO COMMON GILLED FUNGI 



IDENTIFICATION BY FORM OF CAP {Continued) 



Color of Cap 



Pale yellow 



Deep red, 

 vermilion 

 or yellow 



Bright red; 

 paler or 

 yellow 

 when old 



Whitish; 

 yellow- 

 tinged 

 when 

 moist; 

 paler 

 when dry 



Brownish- 

 red or 

 tawny 



Lilac or 

 violet, 

 grayish 

 or almost 

 white 



White, yel- 

 lowish, 

 gray, lilac 

 or 

 brownish 



Remarks 



I to 2 inches broad. 

 In woods on wood. 

 Stem downy at base. 

 Taste bitter. 



J^ to 2 inches broad. 

 Gills like cap or paler; 

 waxy. Stem i to 3 

 inches. 



I t9 3 inches broad. 

 Gills yellow or red- 

 dish; waxy. Stem 

 pied in color. 



I to 3 inches broad. 

 On ground; open 

 places. Splitting at 

 edge. Stem splits. 



H to 2yi inches broad. 

 Funnel-shaped when 

 old. Milky juice; 

 mild or slightly bitter. 



2 t9 5 inches broad. 

 Gills color of cap or 

 duller. Stem short; 

 stout. 



2 to 5 inches broad. On 

 wood ; stem at edge ; in 

 clusters. 



Name 



Flammula 

 flavida (52) 



Hygrophorus 

 miniatus (60) 



Hygrophorus 

 puniceus (62) 



Hypholoma 

 incertum (64) 



Lactarius 



subdulcis (76) 



Tricholoma per- 

 sonatum (124) 



Pleurotus os- 

 treatus (106) 

 (sapidus; (107) 



Yellow or 

 rusty 



Whitish, 

 tinged 

 with yel- 

 low when 

 moist 



Chestnut, 

 paler 

 when old 



Sooty- 

 brown 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Sticky when moist. 

 Stem bulbous and 

 sticky at base. 



I to 3 inches broad. On 

 ground. Gills whitish 

 when young, purplish- 

 brown when old. 



3 to 5 inches broad. 

 Milky juice. 



I to 4 inches broad. 

 Milky juice, mild or 

 slightly acrid. 



Cortinarius 

 corrugatus (43) 



Hypholoma 

 incertum (64) 



Lactarius 

 corrugis (72) 



Lactarius 



lignyotus (74) 



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