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Waxcap Key : :

 

Identifying Waxcap Fungi : :

Instructions on how to use the key | Waxcap Glossary | Printable version of this key

Step 2 - Stipe Dry & Cap Viscid : :

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Description of Fungi : :   Possible Match(es) : :

Cap turning black.   conica

Cap dark grey to black, gills & flesh reddening.   ovina

Cap white.  

virginea
russocoriacea

Refine criteria (step 3 : : section 1)


Cap or stipe with at least some green.   No match

Cap violet, lilac or blueish.   calyptriformis

Cap grey or blue-grey.  

fornicata
lacmus
flavipes

Refine criteria (step 3 : : section 2)


Cap brown.  

ingrata
spadicea
colemanniana

Refine criteria (step 3 : : section 3)


Cap yellow & conical.   persistens

Cap yellow & convex.  

chlorophana
ceracea
citrinopallida
aurantiosplendens

Refine criteria (step 3 : : section 4)


Cap orange & gills free, adnate or adnexed.  

aurantiosplendens
persistens var konradii
persistens var persistens

Refine criteria (step 3 : : section 5)


Cap orange & gills decurrent.  

laeta


Cap red & gills red.  

coccinea
punicea
marchii

Refine criteria (step 3 : : section 6)


Cap red & gills decurrent.  

No match


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