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1. Mushroom on cones of conifers or on fallen magnolia fruits - - -
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2. Cap smooth; moist; tan but fading on drying; only on conifer cones - - -
Baeospora myosura p 738
2. Cap smooth to wrinkled and minutely hairy; dry; on both cones and magnolia fruits - - -
Strobilurus pp. 797-798
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3. On rotting mushrooms - - -
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3. Not as above - - -
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4. Cap smooth; gills crowded; rising from tuberlike structure - - -
Collybia p. 757
4. Cap smooth or powdery; gills distant and malformed; not rising from tuber - - -
Asterophora p. 738
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5. On moss; gills descending stalk - - -
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5. Habitat otherwise - - -
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6. Gills branching or forked - - -
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6. Gills not branching or forked - - -
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7. Cap grayish, knobbed; gills white to creamy - - -
Cantharellula umbonata p. 741
7. Mushrooms yellow to orange or reddish, or brownish with violet gills - - -
Cantharellus pp. 387-393
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8. Cap and stalk orange to ochre-orange; gills whitish - - -
Rickenella flbula p. 796
8. Cap and stalk brownish to yellowish, dull; usually with lichen - - -
Omphalina ericetorum p. 787
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9. Growing with lichen - - -
Omphalina ericetorum p. 787
9. Not as above - - -
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10. Growing on burn sites, on ground in conifer areas - - -
Myxomphalia maura p. 786
10. Not as above - - -
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11. Growing in rows on Rubus (e.g., blackberry) canes - - -
Marasmiellus albuscorticis p. 770
11. Not as above - - -
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12. Growing on wood - - -
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12. Not as above - - -
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13. Gills descending stalk - - -
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13. Gills not descending stalk - - -
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14. Gills branching or forked - - -
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14. Gills not branching or forked - - -
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15. Cap and stalk orange to brownish orange; gills orange - - -
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca p. 669
15. Cap and stalk yellowish brown or darker; gills violet, yellowish or brownish - - -
Cantharellus tubaeformis p. 392
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16. Gill edges saw-toothed or uneven - - -
Lentinellus pp. 764-765
16. Gill edges smooth - - -
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17. Mushrooms associated with snowbanks - - -
Mycena overholtzii p. 783
17. Not as above - - -
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18. Mushroom associated with lichen - - -
Omphalina ericetorum p. 787
18. Not as above - - -
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19. Cap and stalk smoky ochre; gills bright yellow; spore print yellow - - -
Gerronema chrysophylla p. 760
19. Not as above - - -
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20. Cap yellowish, with blackish pointed scales; gills yellowish; spore print yellow - - -
Clitocybe ectypoides p. 747
20. Not as above - - -
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21. Often covering stumps; cap orange-brown; stalk tough with tawny hairs at base - - -
Xeromphalina campanella p. 809
21. Not as above - - -
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22. Clustered on decomposed wood or on ground (on buried wood); typically large - - -
Armillariella tabescens p. 737
22. Not as above - - -
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23. On logs or buried wood; stalk off-center; mushroom often vase shaped - - -
Hohenbuehelia pp. 760-761
23. Not as above - - -
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24. Blackish cap and scaly stalk; often large; in Pacific Northwest - - -
Clitocybula atrialba p. 751
24. Brownish cap and smooth stalk; typically large; in Pacific Northwest - - -
Clitocybe avellaneialba p. 744
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25. Stalk usually "bendable," rubbery, or wiry thin - - -
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26. Bruised mushroom with distinctive odor - - -
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27. Odor garlic-like - - -
Marasmius scorodonius pp. 774-775
27. Odor strongly fetid - - -
Micromphale foetidum p. 778
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28. Gills distant and forked or veined, attached or descending stalk - - -
Marasmiellus nigripes pp. 770-771
28. Gills attached to or free from stalk; cap usually radially lined - - -
Marasmius pp. 771-776
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29. Cap usually bell-shaped; cap and stalk fleshy - - -
Mycena pp. 778-786
29. Cap convex; cap fleshy and stalk tough to fibrous or brittle - - -
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30. Cap, gills, and stalk lavender, aging somewhat brownish, gills crowded - - -
Baeospora myriadophylla pp. 739-740
30. Gills distant, colored - - -
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30. Not as above - - -
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31. Cap, gills and stalk dark brown; about stumps; spore print white - - -
Collybia alkalivirens pp. 753-754
31. Cap and gills violet; stalk whitish; on the ground; spore print white - - -
Collybia iocephala pp. 755-756
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32. Mushroom covered with golden granules; gills distant, whitish - - -
Cyptotrama chrysopeplum pp. 758-759
32. Not as above - - -
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33. Cap covered with long, coarse hairs and often zoned; stalk often hairy - - -
Crinipellis p. 758
33. Not as above - - -
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34. Cap slimy-sticky; stalk covered with dark brown "velvet;" often clustered - - -
Flammulina velutipes p. 759
34. Not as above - - -
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35. Cap and stalk reddish brown; fading on drying; densely clustered - - -
Collybia acervata p. 753
35. Grayish buff cap with grayish-white stalk; densely clustered - - -
Clitocybula familia p. 752
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36. Gills descending stalk - - -
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37. Gills, when cut, exuding a white, colored or clear fluid - - -
Lactarius pp. 680-696
37. Not as above - - -
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38. Gills brittle, typically flaking when flicked with finger - - -
Russula pp. 697-707
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39. Gills branching or forked - - -
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39. Gills not branching or forked - - -
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40. Mushrooms yellow to orange or reddish; gills thick-edged and cross-veined - - -
Cantharellus pp. 387-393
40. Not as above - - -
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41. Mushroom dark orange to orange-brown; usually on or near conifer debris - - -
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca p. 669
41. Mushroom pinkish to buff; odor spicy fragrant; under conifers - - -
Hygrophoropsis olida pp. 669-670
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42. Gill edges saw-toothed or uneven - - -
Lentinellus pp. 764-765
42. Gill edges smooth - - -
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43. Gills waxy in look or feel - - -
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43. Gills not waxy - - -
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44. Mushrooms white, yellow, orange, red or green; gills often distant - - -
Hygrophorus pp. 654-667
44. Mushrooms pinkish brown or purplish with pinkish to bright purplish gills - - -
Laccaria pp. 762-763
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45. Stalk central - - -
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45. Stalk off-center to lateral, usually very short - - -
Hohenbuehelia pp. 760-761
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46. Gills typically long, descending stalk - - -
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46. Gills only slightly descending stalk, if at all - - -
Calocybe p. 740
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47. Cup sunken in middle; usually associated with lichen - - -
Omphalina ericetorum p. 787
47. Cap seldom sunken; usually large; a few spicy fragrant - - -
Clitocybe pp. 744-751
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