FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



IDENTIFICATION BY FORM OF THE GILLS (Continued) 



Color of Cap 



White, 

 yellow, 

 greenish, 

 gray, 

 brown or 

 blackish 



Whitish, 

 yellowish 

 or red- 

 dish- 

 brown 



Grayish- 

 brown or 

 sooty- 

 brown 



Grayish- 

 brown or 

 blackish- 

 brown 



Grayish- 

 brown or 

 smoky- 

 brown 



Reddish 

 yellow or 

 tawny 



Pale violet, 

 buflf, or 

 white 

 with vi- 

 olet tint 



Golden- 

 yellow or 

 tawny- 

 yellow 



Whitish, 

 yellow- 

 ish, or 

 pale 



rusty 



White; 

 downy 



Cinnamon, 

 rusty or 

 buff 



Remarks 



3^ to 5 inches broad. 

 Gills white; free from 

 stem. Stem with ring 

 and cup. 



I to 3 inches broad. 

 Stem with cup but no 

 ring; Gills free from 

 stem. 



I to 3 inches broad. 

 Cap the shape of an 

 inverted cone. Stem 

 swollen below. 



3 to 5 inches broad. 

 Cap fragile. Gills 

 white. Stem white. 



I to 4 inches broad. 

 Deeply rooted stem ; 2 

 to 8 inches long above 

 ground. 



I to 2 inches broad. In 

 tufts on wood. Stem 

 velvety. 



I to 3 inches broad. 

 Gills violet when 

 young, cinnamon 

 when old. Stem taper- 

 ing upward. 



I /^ to 3 inches broad. 

 Very slimy. Stem 

 scaly. 



% to 2 inches broad. 

 On wood. Stem at 

 edge. Cap irregular 

 shape. 



3^ to I inch broad. 

 Attached to wood by 

 its edge or top sur- 

 face. 



J^ to H inch broad. 

 Gills far apart. Stem 

 long; hollow; slender. 



Name 



Amanita 



phalloides (6) 



Amanitopsis 

 volvata (8) 



Clitocybe 

 clavipes (22) 



CoUybia platy- 

 phylla (34) 



Collybia 

 radicata (35) 



Collybia 



velutipes (36) 



Cortinarius albo- 

 violaceus (40) 



Cortinarius 

 collinitus (42) 



Crepidotus fulvo- 

 tomentosus 

 (46) 



Crepidotus 

 versutus (48) 



Galera 

 hypnorum (54) 



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