FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



IDENTIFICATION BY FORM OF THE GILLS (Continued) 



Color of Cap 



White ; 

 hairy 



Remarks 



8 inches or more broad. 

 Stem at edge of cap. 

 Gills extending down 

 the stem. 



Name 



Shelf (gilled) fungi growing on wood. 



Yellow or 

 brown 



Dingy- 

 brown ; 

 ashy; 

 rarely 

 white or 

 yellow 



Smoky- 

 brown or 

 reddish- 

 brown 



Red, purple 

 or oliva- 

 ceous 



Rosy or 

 blood-red 



Whitish, 

 yellowish 

 or green- 

 ish-yel- 

 low; 



streaked 

 with 

 brown 



Silky white 



/^ to I inch broad. 

 Network of folds on 

 surface. Usually 



knob at center. 



2 to 2 1^ inches broad. 

 Gills pinkish ; free 

 from stem. Stem 

 separable easily from 

 cap. 



^ to I inch broad. 

 Gills brown. Stem 

 fragile; slender. In 

 grass. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Gills pale yellow when 

 young; rusty when 

 old. Not forked. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Acrid taste. Gills 

 white; brittle. 



I to 3 inches broad. 

 Gills white; notched. 

 Stem stout; solid. 



2 to 8 inches broad. 

 Usually on wood. 

 Gills flesh-colored; 

 free from stem. Large 

 cup at base of stem. 



Panus 



strigosus (98) 



Pleurotus os- 

 treatus (106) 

 sapidus (107) 

 ulmarius (108) 



Pluteus ad- 

 mirabilis (109) 



Pluteus 



cervinus (no) 



Psilocybe foeni- 

 secii (112) 



Russula 



alutacea (113) 



Russula 



emetica (ns) 



Tricholoma se- 

 junctum (126) 



Volvaria bomby- 

 cina (128) 



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