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Hygrophorous
(Waxy-gills)
Not Brown-Toned
| Is the cap green with some buff in age, viscid?
Yes |
Is the cap not green? xxx
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xxxx Yes |
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You have an H. psittacinus
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| Is the cap pointed to narrowly conic; viscid?
Yes |
Is the cap ovoid to convex? xxxx
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Yes |
| Is the cap scarlet orange to red; bruising black?
Yes |
Is the cap yellow to orange-yellow; no bruising?
Yes |
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You have an H. acutoconis
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| Is the cap bright orange; viscid? xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxxxx
Yes |
Is the cap orange-red over center to yellowish-orange
over margin; veil present and glutinous?
Yes |
Is the cap yellow or red; veil absent? xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx xxxx
Yes |
| Is there an absence of odor?
Yes |
Is there a distinct fishy or skunk odor?
Yes |
| Are the gills decurrent; cap soon flat?
Yes |
Are the gills adnexed; cap convex?
Yes |
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You have an H. flavescens
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| Is the cap yellow?
Yes |
Is the cap pink?
Yes |
Is the cap bright red?
Yes |
| Is the cap yellow, yellow-orange, sometimes tinted
olive?
Yes |
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You have an H. marginatus
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| If an odor is detectable, is it fragrant?
Yes |
| Are the gills decurrent, distant; cap soon flat?
Yes |
Are the gills attached; close cap which is convex?
Yes |
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You have an H. cantharellus
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| Is the cap dry, broadly convex, and scarlet? xxxxx
Yes |
Is the cap moist to tacky, conic to convex, knobbed;
blood red?
Yes |
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