NAMES: DERIVATION, PRONUNCUTION, ETC. 



NAMES OF GILLED MUSHROOMS IN THE KEY— (Continued) 



Botanical Name 



Panas'olus 



campanula'tus 

 papiliona'ceus 

 retiru'gis 



Pan'us 



strigd'sus 

 styp'ticus 



Paxil'lus 

 involu'tus 



Pholio'ta 

 adipo'sa 

 capera'ta 



dis'color 



prse'cox 

 squarr5'sa 



Pleuro'tus 



ostrea'tus 



sap'idus 



ulmar'ius 



Plu'teus 



admirab'ilis 

 cervi'iius 



Psathyrel'la 

 dissemina'ta 

 grac'ilis 



Psil5'cybe 

 fcenisec'ii 



Rus'sula 

 aluta'cea 



emet'ica 

 foe'tens 



Translation 



Gr. Variegated ; spark- 

 ling 



Lat. Resembling a small 

 bell 



Lat. Resembling a but- 

 terfly 



Lat. A network of 

 wrinkles 



Lat. A name given by 

 Pliny to a tree- 

 growing fungus 



Lat. Covered with stiff 

 hairs 



Lat. Astringent ; puckery 



Lat. A small stake 

 Lat. Rolled inward 



(Refers to margin 



of cap) 



Gr. Scaly 

 Lat. Fat. 

 Lat. Wrinkled 



Lat. Of different color; 



changing color 

 Lat. Early 

 Lat. Scurfy; scaly 



Lat. Side. (Refers to 

 the marginal in- 

 sertion of stem) 

 Lat. Oyster-like 

 Lat. Sapid; savory 

 Lat. Relating to the elm. 



Lat. A shed. (Refers to 

 shape of cap) 



Lat. Admirable 



Lat. A deer. (Refers to 

 color. A mis- 

 nomer) 



Gr. Fragile 



Lat. Scattered or spread 



Lat. Slender 



Gr. A naked head 

 Lat. Of the mower 



Lat. Date-brown 



Lat. Red 



Lat. Like tanned leather 



(color) 

 Lat. Emetic; nauseating 

 Lat. Fetid; evil-smelling 



Common Name 



Wrinkled panaeolus 



Astringent panus 

 Involute paxillus 



Fat pholiota 

 Wrinkled pholiota ; 



the gypsy 

 Fading pholiota 



Early pholiota 

 Scaly pholiota 



Oyster mushroom 

 Sapid mushroom 

 Elm pleurotus 



Fawn-colored pluteus 



Mower's or harvest 



mushroom 

 Bay psilocybe 



Tan colored russula 



Emetic russula 

 Fetid russula 



