Key to Gilled Mushrooms KeyThis is a key to gilled mushrooms, that is, mushrooms having a definite cap with a fertile surface consisting of gills. The fruiting body usually also has a stem, although that may be lateral or absent (usually, then, the mushroom is growing from wood). You can use this key to identify mushrooms that you find.
Agaricales OrderFruiting body containing fibers (usually in the stalk)
Brown, Olive, Orange or Tan Spored SuborderGills not free
Spore print tan, orange, deep ochre, yellowish olive, olive brown, rusty or cinnamon brown or deep brown
Ring usually either absent or not membranous
Terrestrial Brown Spored FamilyGrowing on the ground
Cortinarius GenusWith a cobwebby partial veil called a cortina
Stem often much wider at the base
Spore print usually rusty brown or cinnamon brown
Cortinarius Subgenus
Diagnosis
- Not sticky anywhere
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Cap not hygrophanous
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Entire fruiting body very dark, iridescent purple, except where colored by spores
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Cap slightly scaly
Narrow down your identification:
Cortinarius violaceusSmells (subtly) of cedar
Flesh concolorous with exterior or pale greyish lilac
Growing under conifers
