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   Key 2.6 Tricholoma   
  
  
    
      | Does it grow on wood? .......      
        ........       ....... ..... ........ Yes | Does it grow on the ground, leaves, humus, needles, or
        dung? Yes |       
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
  
    
      | Is the stalk central or nearly so? .................. Yes | Is the stalk eccentric, very short, or lacking? Yes |                          
  
  
 
  
  
    
      | Is flesh easily broken?  ............    
        ............... Yes | Is the flesh tough to pliant, difficult to break? Yes |                          
    
 
  
  
    
      | Does it grow solitary? Yes | Does it grow in cespitose clusters? Yes |                          
  
                         
    
 
  
  
    
      | Is the cap 0.1" - 0.8"; the gills short or
        decurrent? Yes | Is the cap larger; the gills adnate to adnexed? .................. Yes |                          
  
                         
  
                         
    
 
  
  
    
      | Are the gill edges serrate? Yes | Are the gills edges entire? Yes |                            
  
  
                           
    
                         
  
  
 
  
  
    
      | Do the gills have sawtooth or hairy edges? Yes | Are the gill edges smooth?  .........   
        ............... Yes |                            
    
 
  
  
    
      | Is the stalk absent; gill edges very hairy? .....  
        ............ Yes | Is the stalk absent or eccentric; sawtooth gill edges? Yes |                        
   
  
  
    
      | You have an Schizopyhllum
        commune |                            
    
                           
  
 
  
  
    
      | Is the cap pink with ridges and pits?  .......    
        ...................... .....   ....... Yes | Is the cap smooth; stalk short or absent; flesh soft or
        tough? Yes |                        
    
                           
    
    
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