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Waxcap Key : :

 

Identifying Waxcap Fungi : :

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Step 3 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid - Refine Criteria : :
(only to be completed if step 2 provides more than one possible match)

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Section 1 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid - Cap white:

Description of Fungi : :   Possible Match(es) : :
     
Initial Question:    
Strong smell of Russian leather or Cedar pencils.   russocoriacea
Smell indistinct, mild coconut.   virginea

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Section 2 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid - Cap grey or grey-blue:

Description of Fungi : :   Possible Match(es) : :
     
Initial Question:    
Gills adnate or adnexed.   fornicata
Gills decurrent.   Go to section 2A
 
Section 2A:    
Stipe base yellow.   flavipes
Stipe base matches cap.   lacmus

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Section 3 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid - Cap brown:

Description of Fungi : :   Possible Match(es) : :
     
Initial Question:    
Gills decurrent.   colemanianna
Gills free or adnexed.   Go to section 3A
     
Section 3A:    
Gills yellow.   spadicea
Gills cream.   ingrata

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Section 4 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid - Cap yellow & convex:

Description of Fungi : :   Possible Match(es) : :
     
Initial Question:    
Lamellae distinctly decurrent, stipe yellow or white.   citrinopallida
Lamellae otherwise.   Go to section 4A
     
Section 4A:    
Stipe fibrillose or pruinose at least at apex.   aurantiosplendens
Stipe smooth.   Go to section 4B
     
Section 4B:    
Stipe < 5 mm's diameter.   ceracea
Stipe > 5 mm's diameter, often grooved.   chlorophana

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Section 5 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid - Cap orange & gills free, adnate or adnexed:

Description of Fungi : :   Possible Match(es) : :
     
Initial Question:    
Stipe smooth, lamellae adnate.   aurantiosplendens
Stipe fibrillose, lamellae free or adnexed.   persistens var persistens or
persistens var konradii

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Section 6 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid - Cap red & gills red:

Description of Fungi : :   Possible Match(es) : :
     
Initial Question:    
Fungus robust, stipe fibrillose.   punicea
Fungus small, stipe smooth.   Go to section 6A
     
Section 6A:    
Lamellae red, at least at base.   coccinea
Lamellae pale.   marchii

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