FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



IDENTIFICATIOISr. BY SIZE OF CAP (Continued) 

 Mushrooms with Small Caps (Continued) 



GILLS 



IDENTIFICATION BY CHARACTER OF THE GILLS 



Character of 

 Gills 



BRITTLE 



Color of Cap 



Grayish- 

 brown or 

 blackish- 

 brown 



Red, dark 

 purple, 

 oliva- 

 ceous or 

 green 



Rosy or 

 blood- 

 red 



Remarks 



3 to 5 inches broad. 

 Gills broad; white 

 stem white. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Gills yellow; of equal 

 length. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Gills chalk white; 

 Acrid taste. 



Name 



Collybia 

 platyphyl- 

 la (34) 

 (brittle when 

 old.) 



Russula 



alutacea (113) 



Russula 



emetica (iis) 



88 



