Chlorophyllum     Genus



Cortinarius husseyiKey to Gilled Mushrooms     Key
This is a key to gilled mushrooms, that is, mushrooms having a definite cap with a fertile surface consisting of gills. The fruiting body usually also has a stem, although that may be lateral or absent (usually, then, the mushroom is growing from wood). You can use this key to identify mushrooms that you find.



TricholomaAgaricales     Order
Fruiting body containing fibers (usually in the stalk)



Amanita onustaWhite Spored     Suborder
Spore print "light-colored": white or buff, sometimes tinged with pink or tan. Greenish and (except for the Russulales) yellow spore prints also go here
Stalk fibrous, not fracturing like a piece of chalk



Lepiota rachodesLepiota     Genus
Gills free
Annulus usually present (on some small species, the partial veil may remain instead as scraps of tissue on the edge of the cap)
Cap often umbonate, often with a concentric design of scales that are an intrinsic part of the cap (not easily peeled off without taking part of the cap with it)
The cap is also usually egg-shaped or completely round (like a globe) at first - - it doesn't start to open until the stem is almost fully grown


Lepiota proceraBig Lepiotas     Section
Cap can reach more than 2-3" across at maturity
Flesh sometimes changing color if cut or bruised
Ring often thick-edged and can be slid up and down the stalk
If the size of your collection is borderline, try this choice first


Chlorophyllum     Genus     Massee




Chlorophyllum molybdites

Diagnosis


Narrow down your identification:


Chlorophyllum molybditesChlorophyllum molybdites
Cap up to 12" across; grey; slightly umbonate
On grass (including lawns) in hot weather (almost always over 90 degrees)
Flesh sometimes slowly turning reddish when cut


 

 


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