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2.10 
Gomphidus and Chroogomphus 
  
  
  
    
      | Is the cap viscid, flesh light orange to salmon color?
         Yes  | 
      Is the cap dry, orange to orange-buff? ..........
        .................
         Yes  | 
      Is the cap reddish-brown?  ...............
         Yes  | 
     
   
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
    
      | Is the cap reddish-brown? ...........   
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         Yes  | 
      Is the cap glutinous? ................  
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         Yes  | 
      Is the cap orange, usually growing under pines?  ..............  
        .......................
         Yes  | 
     
   
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
    
      | Is the fruiting body cespitose, usually partly buried;
        grows in the West only?
         Yes  | 
      Is the fruiting body not cespitose? .............  
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         Yes  | 
     
   
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
    
      | Is the cap pink to red? ....................... 
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         Yes  | 
      Is the cap reddish-brown; veil absent, stalk covered
        with purplish-black fibrils over lower half? ..................
         Yes  | 
      Is the cap purple-brown, glutinous; veil present; stalk
        yellow over lower half? ..............  
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         Yes  | 
     
   
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
    
      | Is the cap dry, orange to orange-buff?
         Yes  | 
      Is the cap reddish-brown? ........... 
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         Yes  | 
     
   
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
    
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         You have a C leptocystis or
        C. vinicolor or 
        C. rutalus  | 
     
   
  
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
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