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THE LARGER FUNGI 
0. .Spores green — C hlorosporae. 
a. 1 ’ileus distinct and easily separable from the fleshy stem. 
AVith a ring on the stem but no volva 
Without a ring on volva 
D. Spores brown. — O chrosporae. 
a. Pileus distinct and easily separable from the fleshy stem. 
AAfith a volva at the base of the stem but no ring .... 
Without a ring or a volva 
b. Pileus confluent and homogeneous with the central 
fleshy stem. 
Wit h a membranous ring on the stem. 
Spores ferruginous, rough ; general veil persistent 
Spores ochraceous or ferruginous, generally 
smooth ; general veil none or fugacious 
With an arachnoid or filamentous general veil. 
(1) . Veil forming an arachnoid, fugacious ring on 
the stem. 
Spores ochraceous or ferruginous 
(2) . Veil concrete with the epidermis of the 
pileus. 
Spores ochraceous or ferruginous, elliptical, smooth 
Spores ochraceous or ferruginous, irregular, 
annular, echinulate or verrucose 
Gills sinuate 
Gills decurrent or adnato-decurrent by a tooth 
c. Pileus confluent with, but heterogeneous from, the 
central cartilaginous stem. 
Gills adnate or sinuato-adnate. 
Margin of pileus at first incurved or exceeding the 
gills 
.Alargin of pileus straight, at first adpressed to the stem 
Gills decurrent 
d. Pileus confluent with the excentric or lateral stem or 
dimidiate, sessile or resupinate 
E. Spores purplish or fuscous — P orphybosporae. 
a. Pileus distinct and easily separable from the fleshy stem . 
With a ring on the stem and a volva at the base of the 
stem 
With a volva at the base of the stem but no ring .... 
With a ring on the stem but no volva 
Without a ring or a volva 
b. Pileus confluent and homogeneous with the fleshy stem. 
With, a membranous ring on the stem 
Gills sinuate 
Gills decurrent or adnato-decurrent by a tooth. 
Spores greenish fuscous or blackish, gills mucila- 
ginous 
c. Pileus confluent with, but heterogeneous from, the 
cartilaginous stem. 
Gills adnate or sinuato-adnate. 
Margin of pileus at first incurved or exceeding the 
gills 
Margin of the pileus straight, at first adpressed to the 
stem 
Ohlorophyllum. 
Glaucospora 
( Chlorospora ■) 
Locellinia 
( Acetabularia ). 
Pluteolus. 
Rozites. 
Pholiota. 
Cortinarius. 
Inocybe. 
Astrosporina. 
Hebeloma . 
Flammida . 
Naucoria. 
Galera. 
Tubaria. 
Grepidotus. 
Ohitoniella. 
Clarkeinda 
(Chitonia). 
Pscdliota. 
Pilosace. 
Stropharia. 
Hypholoma. 
Gomphidius. 
Psilocybe. 
Psathyra. 
