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2.6.13
Collybia
| Is the mushroom small, delicate; growing in troops on
decaying mushrooms?
Yes |
Is it growing other than on decaying mushroom?
Yes |
| Is it growing from deep in the soil by means of a long,
root-like base?
Yes |
Is does not have a root-like base? .............
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Yes |
| Is the cap 0.5" - 1"; the stalk 1" -
3" long; often growing on pine cones?
Yes |
Is the cap 1" - 4"; the stalk 2" -
10"; and not growing on pine comes?
Yes |
| It grows other than on pine cones?
Yes |
It grows on pine cones?
Yes |
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You have a C. conigenoides |
| Is the stalk clothed in dense, velvety brown hairs;
grows in the late fall on living trees?
Yes |
Is its appearance other than described on the left?
Yes |
| Does it grow in cespitose clusters on decaying wood?
Yes |
Is it gregarious, but not necessarily in cespitose
clusters?
Yes |
| Is the cap white to pink with mustard yellow stains in
age?
Yes |
Is the cap pinkish-buff, yellow brown to gray-brown?
Yes |
| Are the cap and stalk gray-brown, edges of gill often
brown?
Yes |
Are the cap and stalk without gray coloration, edges
of gills of brown?
Yes |
| Is the stalk smooth, the gills even? .......
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Yes |
Is the stalk fine, longitudinal striations; the gills
with ragged edges; growing on needle duff under conifers?
Yes |
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You have a C. dryophophila |
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