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Identifying Waxcap Fungi
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Instructions on how to use
the key | Waxcap Glossary
| Printable version of
this key
Step 3 - Stipe Viscid &
Cap Viscid - Refine Criteria : :
(only to be completed if step 2 provides
more than one possible match)
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Section 1 - Stipe Viscid & Cap Viscid
- Cap yellow & convex:
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Waxcap Glossary
Section 2 - Stipe Viscid & Cap Viscid
- Cap orange & gills free, adnate or adnexed:
| Description of Fungi :
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Possible Match(es) : : |
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| Initial Question: |
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| Cap reddish-orange, taste
bitter. |
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mucronella |
| Cap yellowish-orange, taste
neutral. |
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Go to section
2A |
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| Section
2A: |
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| Stipe violaceous, at least
at the apex. |
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xanthochroa |
| Stipe reddish, at least at
the apex. |
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insipida |
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Waxcap Glossary
Section 3 - Stipe Viscid & Cap Viscid
- Cap orange & gills decurrent:
| Description of Fungi :
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Possible Match(es) : : |
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| Initial Question: |
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| Lamellae edge viscid, stipe
dull. |
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laeta |
| Lamellae edge dry, stipe red
or orange. |
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Go to section
3A |
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| Section
3A: |
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| Stipe red at least at apex. |
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insipida |
| Stipe orange, hyaline, sometimes
with violet. |
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xanthochroa |
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Waxcap Glossary
Section 4 - Stipe Viscid & Cap Viscid
- Cap red & gills red:
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Waxcap Glossary
Section 5 - Stipe Viscid & Cap Viscid
- Cap red & gills decurrent:
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