KEY TO COMMON GILLED FUNGI 



IDENTIFICATION BY FORM OF THE GILLS (Continued) 



IDENTIFICATION BY CHARACTER OF THE STEM 



N.B. 



-When the stem is absent, the cap is attached to the wood 

 from which it grows, by its edge. 



Character of 

 Stem 



Color of Cap 



Remarks 



Name 



Absent 



Yellowish- 

 brown 



White or 

 whitish 



4 to 8 inches broad. 

 Gills green. Stem lat- 

 eral or absent. 



Crepidotus, all species. 



Panus, all species. 



Pleurotus, all species. 



J^ to 1 3^ inches broad. 

 On dead sticks and 

 branches in woods. 

 Gills split lengthwise 

 along the free edge. 



Cantharellus 

 crispus (14) 



Schizophyllum 

 commune (120) 



Downy or 

 hairy at 

 the 

 base 



Yellow 



White; 

 shiny 



^/2 to I inch broad. 

 Like Can. cibarius. 

 but smaller and more 

 slender. 



J^ to I J4 inches broad. 

 Gills very thin; close 

 together; white. Stem 

 polished white. 



Cantharellus 

 minor (18) 



Clitocybe 



candicans (21) 



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