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Key 2.6.7
Pleurotus and Allies
| Is the fruiting body minute, grayish-blue, sessile?
Yes |
Is the fruiting body larger; eccentric stalk or
sessile?
Yes |
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You have an Resupinatus
Allicatus
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| Is it fleshy and easily broken?
Yes |
Is it leathery to tough?
Yes |
| Is it sesille?
Yes |
Is the stalk present?
Yes |
| Is the cap white?
Yes |
Is the cap colored?
Yes |
| Is cap 0.1" - 0.8" broad?
Yes |
Is the cap larger?
Yes |
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You have a P. candidissmus
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| Is the cap fan-shaped with very thin flesh and crowded,
thin gills?
Yes |
Is the cap unusually convex with thick, fleshy and
fairly well separated gills?
Yes |
| Is the cap green to greenish-yellow, viscid?
Yes |
Is the cap orange to orange-buff, dry, hairy?
Yes |
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You have a Panellus Serotinus
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| Is the cap 0.5" - 1.2"; grows in imbricate
clusters; the stalk .2" - .5" long?
Yes |
Is the cap 0.6" - 16", broad,, not imbricate?
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Yes |
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You have a Panellus stipticus
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| Is the cap densely hairy?
Yes |
Is the cap not densely hairy?
Yes |
| Is the cap 0.6" - 3", pinkish to light
reddish-brown?
Yes |
Is the cap 4" - 16", cream to buff orange
when dry; grows on wounds of living trees?
Yes |
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You have a Panus strigosus
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| Are the gills decurrent, violet to tan with violet
tints?
Yes |
Are the gills adnexed, white to cream; often growing on
wounds of living trees?
Yes |
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You have a Panus torulosis
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You have a Panus ulmarius
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| Is the cap with mottled water spots over the center;
usually grows in cespitose clusters?
Yes |
Is the cap not mottled; the stalk very short; pleasant
odor; spores lilac?
Yes |
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You have a P. elongatipes
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