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)
Brown, Olive, Orange or Tan Spored SuborderGills not free
Spore print tan, orange, deep ochre, yellowish olive, olive brown, rusty or cinnamon brown or deep brown
Ring usually either absent or not membranous
Lignicolous Brown Spored FamilyGrowing on wood
Little Lignicolous Brown Spored SubfamilyCap usually less than an inch across; hygrophanous; usually darker shade(s) of brown: more or less caramel-colored
Sometimes lacking a stem
Diagnosis
- Cap flattening out at maturity; often minutely fibrillose
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In my experience, usually growing on mulch, rotting sticks, leaves, other small bits of woody forest litter
Microscropic Characters
Comments
Let's take a vote, just for fun: how many people think that the two standard species here are really distinct?
Narrow down your identification:
Tubaria confragosa
Tubaria furfuracea
