KEY TO COMMON GILLED FUNGI 



IDENTIFICATION BY COLOR OF THE GILLS (Continued) 



Color of Cap 



White or 

 tinged 

 with 



yellow or 

 pink 



Gray or 

 grayish- 

 brown 



Whitish or 

 grayish 



Pale tan or 

 flesh- 

 color 

 when 

 moist; 

 whitish 

 when dry 



Whitish, 

 with yel- 

 low scales 



Hazel-nut 

 or umber 



Whitish or 

 brown- 

 ish-gray 



Umber- 

 brown 



Brownish- 

 flesh 



Some shade 

 of brown 

 or gray 



Yellow or 

 brown 



Remarks 



to 5 inches broad. 

 Gills change color 

 with age. Ring (some- 

 times double) on stem. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Taste and odor slight- 

 ly branny. Gills whit- 

 ish when young. 



2 to 3 inches broad. 

 Bloom on surface. 

 Odor branny. Gills 

 whitish when young. 

 Stem white. 



I to 2 inches broad. 

 In tufts; in woods. 

 Gills whitish or pink- 

 ish. Stem reddish- 

 or purplish - brown; 

 long (2 to 3 inches). 



Oblong or cylindric cap, 

 I /^ to 3 inches high 

 before expansion. 

 Gills change color 

 with age and liquefy 

 black. 



I to 2 inches broad. 

 Taste, odor branny. 

 Gills notched. 



I to 3 inches broad. 

 Taste branny. Gills 

 whitish when young. 



^ to I M inches broad. 

 Gills grayish-white 

 when young. Cap 

 shiny. Flesh brown. 



J^ to 2 inches broad. 

 In tufts on wood. 

 Cap thin; tough. Gills 

 with saw-like edge. 



J<i to 1 3^ inches broad. 

 Conic. In clusters on 

 wood. Stem hairy at 

 base. 



J^ to I inch broad. Net- 

 work of furrows. Gills 

 whitish or yellowish 

 when young. Stem 

 downy at base. 



Name 



Agarisus 

 silvicola (3) 



Clitopilus 



abortivus (29) 



Clitopilus 



prunulus (30) 



CoUybia 



acervata (31) 

 (gills slightly 

 pinkish) 



Coprinus 

 comatus (38) 

 Frontispiece 



Entoloma 



commune (49) 



Entoloma 

 grayanun 

 (50) 



Entoloma 

 strictius (51) 



Lentinus 

 cochleatus (80) 



Mycena 

 galericulata 

 (90) 



Pluteus 



admirabilis 

 (109) 



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