FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS :|j 



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IDENTIFICATION BY CHARACTER OF THE STEM {Continued) 



Character of 

 Stem 



Color of Cap 



Downy or 

 hairy at 

 the 

 base 



Pale tan or 

 flesh-red 

 when 

 moist; 

 whitish 

 when dry 



Reddish 

 yellow or 

 tawny; 

 some- 

 times 

 darker at 

 center 



Umber 

 (brown ; 

 shiny) 



Pale yellow 



Tawny or 

 brown- 

 ish-red 



Yellowish 

 or pale 

 brick-red ; 

 tan when 

 old , 



Some shade 

 of brown 

 or gray 



Rose, rose- 

 purple or 

 lilac 



Yellowish- 

 rusty to 

 dull 

 yellow 



Cinnamon 

 when 

 moist; 

 pale 

 yellow 

 when dry 



Remarks 



to 2 inches broad. In 

 tufts. Gills whitish; 

 close together. Stem 

 long; brown or brown- 

 ish. 



I inch or more broad. 



In tufts; on wood. 



Sticky when moist. 



Gills lighter color 

 than stem. 



^ to I ^ inches broad. 

 Elevated at center. 

 Gills grayish when 

 young; flesh - color 

 when mature. 



I to 2 inches broad. 

 Gills pale when 

 young; rusty when 

 old. Slight bitter 

 taste. 



2 to 2 J4 inches broad. 

 Sweetish milky juice. 



I to 2 inches broad. 

 Taste acrid. Wrinkled 

 and leathery when 

 dry. Stem 2 to 3 

 inches ; slender ; tough. 



J4 to I J^ inches broad. 

 On wood. Conic. 

 Radial marks at edge. 



% to iM inches broad. 

 Entire plant rose, 

 purple or violet. 



\4 to 1 inch broad. 

 Tufted ; on wood. Pit 

 at center. 



I to 2 inches broad. 



On wood, 

 together, 

 ring. 



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Gills close 

 Stem with 



Name 



CoUybia 



acervata (31) 



Collybia 



velutipes (36) 



Entoloma 

 strictius (51) 



Flammula 

 flavida (52) 



Lactarius 



subdulcis (76) 



Marasmius 

 peronatus (88) 



Mycena 

 galeri- 

 culata (90) 



Mycena 

 pura (91) 



Omphalia 



campanel- 

 la (93) 



Pholiota 



discolor (103) 



