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5. Gills with a small, sudden curve where joined to the 



stem (sinuate) ; cap usually covered with minute 

 scales or fibers ; stem fleshy, fibrous on the outside 



Inocybe 

 Gills not sinuate 6 



6. Stem fleshy, fibrous; cap fleshy; gills joined squarely 



to the stem (adnate), or running down stem (de- 

 current) Flammula 



Stem brittle or cartilaginous 7 



7. Margin of cap inrolled in young plant Naucoria 



Margin of cap straight against the stem in young 



plant Galera 



Key to the Rosy-Spored Group. 



Gills not attached to the stem (free) 1 



Gills slightly attached to the stem (adnate or ad- 



nexed) 2 



Gills attached and running down the stem (decur- 



rent) 3 



1. Ring absent ; volva present Volvaria 



Ring and volva absent Pluteus 



2. Stem brittle; gills soon separating from stem. . .Leptonia 

 Stem not brittle ; gills with a small, sudden curve 



near the stem (sinuate) Entoloma 



3. Stem at one side of the cap, minute or absent. .Claudopus 

 Stem central 4 



4. Stem fibrous; margin of cap inrolled when young. . 



Clitopilus 

 Stem brittle ; cap with a central depression Eccilia 



Key to the Brown-Sporcd Group. 



Gills attached to the stem (adnate, adnexed, or de- 

 current) 1 



Gills not attached to the stem (free) Agaricus 



1. Ring present ; volva absent .Strophanti 



Ring and volva absent, but veil remains attached to 

 the margin of the cap Hypholoma 



Ring, volva and veil absent Psilocybe 



