Mushroom Studying

Amanitaceae

white spore print volva present, annulus present or absent gills free or finely adnexed gill trama bilateral

Lepiotaceae

white spore print annulus present (usually) + no volva gills free and typically remote gill trama regular to interwoven

Hygrophoraceae

white spore print attached gills waxy in appearance basidia six times the length of the spores

Russulaceae

white spore print gills attached fruit bodies brittle, stipe has a chalky texture sphaerocysts present in context of pileus spores amyloid/ornamented

Tricholomataceae

white spore print gill attached doesn't have fall in the other categories of white spore print

• Can be pleutrotoid (oyster mushroom, tree growing) or stipe central

Pluteaceae

Pink/Red Spore Print Free Gills gill trama convergent spores smooth often on wood

Entolomataceae

Pink/Red Spore Print Attached Gills gill trama interwoven or regular spores angular

Cortinariaceae

Rusty Brown Spore Print Pileal surface filamentous (thread like) spores mostly ochre to cinnamon-brown gills variously attached, not separable from pileus cortina (cobwebs) often present gill trama regular or interwoven spores usually ornamented

Paxillaceae

Rusty Brown Spore Print Pileal surface filamentous (thread like) gills decurrent and easily separable from pileus no veil gill trama divergent when young

Bolbitiaceae

Rusty Brown Spore Print pileal surface cellular or hymeniform spores bright or dull rusty brown, or clove brown gills attached, not separable membranous annulus may be present spores smooth, with broad apical pore

Agaricaceae

Chocolate-Brown Pileal Surface Filamentous (thread like) Free Gills

Strophariaceae

Chocolate-Brown Pileal Surface Filamentous (thread like) gills attached, not decurrent, thin spores lacking violaceous colors in deposit

Gomphidiaceae

Chocolate-Brown Pileal Surface Filamentous (thread like) gills decurrent, thick spores olive-brown

Coprinaceae

Chocolate-Brown pileal surface cellular or hymeniform fruit bodies typically fragile, sometimes deliquescing spores mostly black in deposit spores with an apical pore