KEY TO COMMON GILLED FUNGI 



IDENTIFICATION BY FORM OF THE GILLS (Continued) 



Color of Cap 



Pale or 

 dark tan, 

 yellowish 

 or chest- 

 nut 



Grayish- 

 brown or 

 blackish- 

 brown 



Dark vi- 

 olet; with 

 tufts or 

 scales 



Umber 

 brown; 

 shiny 



Wine-buflf, 

 orange 

 buff; 

 purplish 

 scales 



Tawny- 

 rusty 



White or 

 pale- 

 rusty; 

 brownish 

 scales 



Some shade 

 of brown 

 or gray 



White, 

 whitish 

 or yel- 

 lowish 



White, or 

 yellowish 

 at center 



Yellowish ; 

 some- 

 times 

 brownish 

 at center 



Remarks 



},i to 2 inches broad. 

 Gills whitish or yellow- 

 ish; not attached to 

 stem. Stem brown; 

 sometimes bulbous; i 

 to 3 in. 



3 to 5 inches broad. 

 Cap thin; fragile. 

 Gills broad ; white. 

 Stem white; 3 to 5 

 inches. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Gills violet when 

 young; rusty when 

 old. 



^/i to 1% inches broad. 

 In clusters on ground. 

 Gills whitish when 

 young; pink when old, 



1 to 2 inches broad. 

 Gills cream; brownish 

 or purple when old. 

 Stem 2 to 3 inches 

 long. 



1 1/2 to 2 inches broad. 

 On ground. Gills 

 notched ; pallid or 

 tawny. 



2 to 4 inches broad. On 

 wood. Tough. Gills 

 with saw-teeth. 



14 ^o il4 inches broad. 

 Conic. Clusters on 

 wood. Stem slender; 

 hairy at base. 



3 to 5 inches broad. On 

 dead elm wood. Stem 

 at edge of cap. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Taste acrid or bitter. 

 Gills close together; 

 white. 



2 to 4 inches. Sticky. 

 Taste branny. Gills 

 pale yellow. 



Name 



CoUybia 



dryophila (33) 



Collybia platy- 

 phylla (34) 



Cortinarius 

 violaceus (44) 



Entoloma 

 strictius (51) 

 (slightly 

 notched) 



Flammula 



polychroa (53) 



Hebeloma 

 precox (56) 



Lentinus 



lepideus (81) 



Mycena galeri- 

 culata (90) 



Pleurotus 



ulmarius (108) 



Tricholoma 

 albtmi (122) 



Tricholoma 

 equestre (123) 



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