KEY TO COMMON GILLED FUNGI 



IDENTIFICATION BY FORM OF THE GILLS (^Continued) 



Color of Cap 



Tawny- 

 reddish 



White 

 or 

 whitish 



Grayish- 

 buflf, 

 rusty 

 brown or 

 yellowish 



White, 

 yellowish 

 ashy, 

 lilac or 

 brow-nish 



White, 

 some- 

 times 

 with 



yellowish 

 stains 



Yellowish 

 or dingy 

 ochre 



Green or 

 grayish- 

 green 



Remarks 



2 to 5 inches broad. 

 White milky juice, 

 turning sulphur-yel- 

 low after exposure to 



to 5 inches broad. 

 Downy surface; acrid 

 milky juice. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Edge curled down- 

 ward and inward. 

 Stem sometimes off 

 center. Stem short. 



2 to 5 inches broad. 

 Stem at edge. In tufts 

 on wood. 



to 4 inches broad. 

 Funnel-shaped when 

 old. Often pit at cen- 

 ter. Gills white, often 

 greenish when old. 

 Stem short: thick. 



3 to 5 inches broad. 

 Bad odor. Radial 

 marks at edge. Gills 

 whitish to yellowish. 

 Cap sticky when 

 moist. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Flaky patches. Gills 

 and stem white. 



Name 



Lactarius 



theiogalus (77) 



Lactarius 



vellereus (78) 



Paxillus 



involutus (100) 



Pleurotus 



ostreatus (106) 

 & sapideus 



(107) 



Russula 



delica (114) 



Russula 



fcetens (116) 



Russula 



virescens (119) 



Agaricus, all species 

 Amanita, all species 

 Amanitopsis, all species 

 Collybia acervata (31) 

 Collybia confiuens (32) 

 Inocybe abundans (67) 



Lepiota, all species 

 Marasmius campanulatus (80) 

 Pluteus cervinus (no) 

 Russula virescens (119) 

 Tricholoma transmutans (127) 

 Volvaria bombycina (128) 



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