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Key 2.6.8
Armillarias and Allies
| Does it grow in cespitose clusters on wood or soil from
buried wood?
Yes |
Does it grow on the ground, if found in cespitose
clusters only 2 or 3 together?
Yes |
| Is a veil present?
Yes |
Is the veil absent?
Yes |
| Does it have a double veil; the cap often 3" -
16" broad?
Yes |
Does it have single veil; the cap usually 2" to
6" broad?
Yes |
| Is the cap 4" - 16" and olive brown?
Yes |
Is the cap 3" - 4"; and light ash-gray?
Yes |
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You have a Catathelasma
imperialis
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You have a Catathelasma
ventricosa
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| Is the fruiting body basically white with reddish-brown
stains?
Yes |
Is the fruiting body colored; no odor or odor of
almonds?
Yes |
| Is the cap bright yellow in age with cinnamon scales
over the center, white scales below; grows in the West?
Yes |
Is the cap other than bright yellow and the scales
colored below the ring? ..........
. ....................
Yes |
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You have an A. alboanaripes
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| Is the cap viscid, orange over the center with a white
margin; scales on stalk with orange-brown tips; grows in the West?
Yes |
Is the cap dry, the center covered with reddish-brown
scales; brownish-red hairs on the stalk?
Yes |
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You have an A. caligata
(Matsutake)
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