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 Family
Diagnosis
Comments
The wood may be wood chips or, as in the case of this photo, the extremely decayed remnants of a log
Narrow down your identification:
Little Lignicolous Brown Spored Subfamily- Cap usually less than an inch across; hygrophanous; usually darker shade(s) of brown: more or less caramel-colored
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Sometimes lacking a stem
Medium To Big Lignicolous Brown Spored Subfamily- Cap usually more than 2" across, and sometimes up to 8; usually tan, yellow, or pumpkin-colored
