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ushrooms of North America
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2.8

Rhodophylla

 

Are the gills decurrent?

Yes

Are the gills adnexed to short decurrent?

Yes

 

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You have a member of the 
Clitopilus
family

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Is the cap dry, margin straight; the stalk glabrous?

Yes

Is the cap whitish, margin inrolled; stalk minutely hairy?

Yes

 

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You have a C. prunulus

 

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You have a C. orcellus

 

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You have a member of the 
Entoloma
family

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Is the cap 0.4" - 0.8", salmon pink?   ...........................

Yes

Is the cap campulate to convex, tan to brown; stalk 0.1" - 1.6" broad?

Yes

 

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You have a E. salmoneum

 

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 Is the stalk 0.1" - 0.2" thick, appears twisted; cap brown to gray-brown?

Yes

Is the stalk 0.4" - 1.6", not twisted, tan to dull white?    ......................     ....................

Yes

 

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You have a E. sericeum

 

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Is the cap dull white, sticky to viscid?  ..................

Yes

Is the cap dingy tan to light tan, tacky to dry?

Yes

 

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You have a E. prunuloides

 

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You have a E. lividum

 

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