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2.15
Cortinariaceae
(Crepidotus, Gynopolis, Pholiota,
Galerina, Heboloma, Cortinarius)
| Does it grow on wood or buried wood?
Yes |
Does it grow on the ground?
Yes |
| Is the stalk present, off center, or central?
Yes |
Is the stalk absent
Yes |
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You have a member of the
Crepidotus
family Key 2.15.1 |
| Is the spore bright rusty-orange to bright-rusty brown?
Yes |
Are the spores dull brown? .................
...................
Yes |
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You have a member of the
Gymnapolis
family Key 2.15.2 |
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You have a member of the
Pholiota (also Galerina)
family Key 2.15.3 |
| Is the veil, if present, hairy and often like a spider
web?
Yes |
Is the veil membranous, cap pale orange with frosty
hairs, never in cespitose clusters?
Yes |
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You have a Rozites caperata |
| Is the stalk thin, brittle and fragile; cap thin,
fragile, often striate, usually glabrous, convex to concave?
Yes |
Is the stalk thin and pliant, not brittle and fragile;
cap not fragile, seldom striate; various shapes?
Yes |
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You have a member of the
Galerina
family Key 2.15.4 |
| Is the cap dry, conic to campulate, often hairy?
Yes |
Is the cap viscid or dry, usually convex; stalk always
dry?
Yes |
| Is the cap viscid; veil present or absent; stalk
fleshy?
Yes |
Is the cap dry or viscid; veil like a spider web?
Yes |
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You have a member of the
Hebeloma
family Key 2.15.6 |
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You have a member of the
Cortinarius
family Key 2.15.7 |
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