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)
Pink Spored SuborderSpores pink or reddish
Entolomataceae Family
Diagnosis
- Cap up to 6" across
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Stem fleshy
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Usually dull-colored: some shade of greyish brown, but sometimes dark-colored: black, dark blue or dark purple
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Sometimes smelling like bleach ("nitrous")
Narrow down your identification:
Entoloma abortivumGills subdecurrent; grey at first, becoming pink with spores
Cap up to 4" across; steel grey with slight tinges of brown or (occasionally) magenta; sometimes a little fibrillose or scaly; margin inrolled
Often growing on rotting wood, around stumps, or in leaf litter
