FIELD BOOK OF COMMON GILLED MUSHROOMS 



IDENTIFICATION BY FORM OF THE STEM 



Form of 

 Stem 



Bulbous 

 at the 



Color of Cap 



White or 

 yellowish 



White or 

 tinged 

 with 



yellow or 

 pink 



Grayish- 

 brown or 

 sooty- 

 brown ; 

 some- 

 times 

 darker at 

 center 



Pale or 

 dark tan, 

 yellowish 

 or chest- 

 nut 



Yellow, 

 reddish- 

 yellow or 

 rusty 



Dark violet 



Yellowish- 

 brown; 

 silky 



White, 

 with red- 

 dish- 

 brown 

 scales 



White, 

 with 

 brown 

 scales 

 that 



merge at 

 the 

 center 



Remarks 



2 to 5 inches broad. 

 Gills whitish when 

 young; turning pink, 

 then brown and black 

 when old. Stem with 

 double ring. 



2 to 5 inches broad. 

 Gills pink, turning 

 brown and then black 

 when old. 



Amanita, all species. 



I to 3 inches broad. 

 Cap conic with its 

 apex downward. 



J^ to 2 inches broad. 

 In groups. Gills whit- 

 ish. Stem I to 3 

 inches. 



to 4 inches broad. 

 Wrinkled surface. 



2 to 4 inches broad. 

 Scaly. Gills violet to 

 rusty; notched. 



I to 2 inches broad. 

 Knob at center. 

 Radiating cracks. 



I to 4 inches broad. 

 Elevated center. Gills 

 free from stem. 



4 to 12 inches broad. 

 Gills white when 

 young, green when 

 mature. 



Name 



Agaricus 

 arvensis (i) 



Agaricus 

 silvicola (3) 



Clitocybe 

 clavipes (22) 



Collybia 



dryophila (33) 



(Sometimes 



bulbous) 



Corrinarius 

 corrugat- 

 us (43) 



Cortinarius 

 violaceus (44) 



Inocybe 

 rimosa (68) 

 (Slight swel- 

 hng at base) 



Lepiota 



americana (82) 



Lepiota 



morgani (83) 



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