Key to Gilled Mushrooms KeyThis 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.
Agaricales OrderFruiting body containing fibers (usually in the stalk)
Pink Spored SuborderSpores pink or reddish
Entolomataceae Family
Diagnosis
- Cap up to 2" across; broadly convex; usually slightly scaly, but not silky; either
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black or very dark blue or purple and slightly iridescent, or
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(very rarely) brightly colored, or
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(equally rarely) a little of each
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Sometimes smelling awful or like bubble gum, but not like bleach
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Stalk fragile, fibrous
Comments
The mushrooms in the picture are too pointy to be ideal Leptonia examples, but they've got the other features right (especially the smell - - scratch your monitor and be prepared to back off...)
Narrow down your identification:
Interesting Leptonias Section- Either an interesting color (yellowish green and pink come to mind) or with an interesting (usually in the negative sense) smell
Rare
Typical Leptonias Section- Neither smell nor cap color (some shade of greyish brown) interesting
