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
Dermocybe Subgenus Fries
Diagnosis
- Not sticky anywhere
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Cap not hygrophanous
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Cap usually less than 3" across
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Fruiting body petite
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Bright, water-soluble yellow, olive, red or orange pigmentation somewhere on the fruiting body
Narrow down your identification:
Red Dermocybe Section- Red coloration somewhere on the fruiting body
Yellow Dermocybe Section- Fruiting body lacking red pigmentation; usually yellow, yellowish tan or olive instead
