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)
White Spored SuborderSpore 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
Tricholomataceae FamilyNone of the special features distinguishing the other white-spored genera:
Gills not free, as in the Lepiotas and Amanitas
Basidia not extra-long, as in the Hygrophoraceae
Spores smooth, except for Lentinellus
Terrestrial Trich Subfamily
Diagnosis
Comments
If your TerrestrialTrich doesn't key out convincingly, try LignicolousTrich: it may be growing on buried wood
Narrow down your identification:
Grassland Trich Tribe- Growing out in the open (lawn, field, etc.)
Woodland Normal Trich Tribe- Found in woods
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Not rooting
Woodland Rooting Trich Tribe- Stalk growing into the ground like a root
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Growing in woods
