Identifying Waxcap Fungi
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Instructions on how to use
the key | Waxcap Glossary
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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 :
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Initial Question: |
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Strong smell of Russian leather
or Cedar pencils. |
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russocoriacea |
Smell indistinct, mild coconut. |
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virginea |
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Section 2 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid
- Cap grey or grey-blue:
Description of Fungi :
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Possible Match(es) : : |
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Initial Question: |
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Gills adnate or adnexed. |
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fornicata |
Gills decurrent. |
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Go to section
2A |
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Section
2A: |
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Stipe base yellow. |
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flavipes |
Stipe base matches cap. |
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lacmus |
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Section 3 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid
- Cap brown:
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Section 4 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid
- Cap yellow & convex:
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Section 5 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid
- Cap orange & gills free, adnate or adnexed:
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Section 6 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid
- Cap red & gills red:
Description of Fungi :
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Possible Match(es) : : |
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Initial Question: |
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Fungus robust, stipe fibrillose. |
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punicea |
Fungus small, stipe smooth. |
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Go to section
6A |
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Section
6A: |
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Lamellae red, at least at base. |
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coccinea |
Lamellae pale. |
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marchii |
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