KEY TO COMMON GILLED FUNGI 



IDENTIFICATION BY FORM OF THE GILLS {Continued) 



Form of _ , , ^ ^ 

 Gills ^°^°^ ^f ^^^ 



Bright red 



Pale red, 

 buff, 

 flesh- 

 colored 

 or rusty 



Purplish- 

 brown, 

 grayish 

 or pale 

 tan 



Brownish- 

 flesh- 

 color 

 when 

 moist; 

 paler 

 when dry 



White, with 

 brown 

 scales 



Rusty-red ; 

 darker at 

 center 



Buff or cafe 

 au lait 



Brownish ; 

 black 

 spot at 

 center 



Tawny or 



rusty 



Tan or 

 gray 



Remarks 



to 3 inches broad. 

 Waxy; fragile. Stem 

 sometimes vari 

 colored, red, yellow 

 and white. 



^ to 2 inches broad. 

 Gills flesh-red but 

 powdered white when 

 old. 



Name 



to 4 

 Waxy, 

 solid. 



inches broad. 

 Stem fibrous: 



3/^ to 2 inches broad. 

 Gills with saw-like 

 edge. Stem grooved. 



4 to 12 inches broad. 

 Gills green; free from 

 stem. Stem with 

 ring. 



to 



inch broad. 



Shrivels when dry; re- 

 vives when moist. 

 Stem long; blackish- 

 brown; shining. 



I to 2 inches broad. 

 Large knob at center 

 in some. Stem tough. 

 Open places. 



M to 14 inch broad. 

 Cap thin; dry. Gills 

 far apart. Stem 

 black; shiny. 



I to 2 inches broad. 

 Cap often hemispher- 

 ic. Stem long. DiflS- 



cult. 



J^ to I ^ inches broad. 

 Fragments of veil at 

 edge of cap; network 

 of cracks on surface. 

 Long stem. 



Hygrophorus 

 puniceus (62) 



Laccaria 

 laccata (69) 



Laccaria ochro- 

 purpurea (70) 



Lentinus coch- 

 leatus (80) 



Lepiota 



morgani (83) 



Marasmius cam- 

 panulatus (86) 



Marasmius 

 oreades (87) 



Marasmius 

 rotula (89) 



Naucoria semi- 

 orbicularis (92) 



Panasolus 



retirugis (97) 



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