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HYMENOMYCETES 
B. Plant fleshy, more or less firm, rotting at maturity. Stem central, its 
sxibstance confluent with, and similar to, that of thepileus. 
Armillaria. 
Ring membranaceous . 
Leucosporae. 
Pholiota. 
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Ochrosporae. 
Stropharia. 
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Porphyrosporae. 
Anellaria. 
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Melanosporae. 
Cortinarius. 
Ring cobwebby, thread - like, or 
vanishing ... ... . 
Ochrosporae 
(rust colour). 
Tricholoraa. 
Ring absent. Gills sinuate 
Leucosporae. 
Entoloraa. 
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Rhodosporae. 
Hebeloma. 
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Ochrosporae. 
Inocybe. 
Ring absent. Gills sinuate. Surface 
of pileus somewhat fibrillose 
Ochrosporae. 
Hypholoma. 
Ring absent. Gills sinuate 
Porphyrosporae. 
Panseolus. 
Ring absent. Gills sinuate. Margin 
of pileus exceeding the gills 
Melanosporae. 
Clitocybe. 
Gills decurrent, edge acute. Stem 
with a fibrous outer coat 
Leucosporae. 
Clitopilus. 
Gills decurrent, edge acute. Stem 
with a fibrous outer coat 
Rhodosporae. 
Flammula. 
Gills decurrent, edge acute. Stem 
with a fibrous outer coat 
Ochrosporae. 
Gomphidius. 
Gills decurrent, edge acute. Stem 
with a fibrous outer coat 
Melanosporae 
(fuscous). 
Paxillus. 
Stem with a fibrous outer coat. 
The decurrent gills separating 
readily from the pileus ... 
Ochrosporae. 
Cantharellus. 
Gills decurrent with blunt edge ... 
Leucosporae. 
Nyctalis. 
Gills adnate. Plants parasitic on 
other agarics . 
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Lactarius. 
Flesh and gills containing milk ... 
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Russula. 
Without milk ; gills very rigid and 
brittle . 
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Hygrophorus. 
Gills appearing waxy . 
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C. Plant fleshy, more or less firm, rotting at maturity. Stem central, gristly, 
its substance confluent with, but dissimilar from, that of the pileus. 
Omphalia. Gills decurrent Leucosporae. 
Eccilia. ,, ,, Rhodosporae. 
Tubaria. ,, ,, Ochrosporae. 
