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
Lignicolous Brown Spored FamilyGrowing on wood
Little Lignicolous Brown Spored SubfamilyCap usually less than an inch across; hygrophanous; usually darker shade(s) of brown: more or less caramel-colored
Sometimes lacking a stem
Galerina Genus Earle
Diagnosis
- Cap conical or "helmet-shaped" for a long time; glabrous; color and translucency resembling a caramel, when fresh
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Usually growing on logs, in moss
Microscropic Characters
- Spores almost always roughened; often dextrinoid
Narrow down your identification:
Galerina autumnalisCap usually up to 1" across, but may be up to 2 1/2"
Partial veil fibrillose to cottony, forming a white ring that often disappears in age
Galerina tibicystisCap up to 1 3/8" across
Growing in sphagnum bogs or moss in wet areas
