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How to identify Waxcaps
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Back to key : : Step 1 | Waxcap
Glossary
How to use the key:
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1 : : |
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Select one of the
options in step 1 that best categorises the fungi
you are trying to identify - the options include 'Stipe
Viscid & Cap Viscid', 'Stipe Dry & Cap
Viscid' and 'Stipe Dry & Cap Dry'. |
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Follow the link of your chosen
category, this will take you to step 2 in the key.
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| Step
2 : : |
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Using the table in step 2
- Scroll down the 'Description of Fungi' column
on the left hand side until you find a description that
best identifies your fungi. |
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Once you have found a description look across to the
'Possible Match(es)' column.
This will give you a possible match - following this
link will give you photographs and descriptions of that
species of fungi.
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Congratulations you have
found your fungi! |
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If more that one match meets
the descriptions in step 2 then a 'Refine Criteria'
link is provided for further investigation. This will
take you to step 3. |
Step
3 : :
(only to be completed if step 2 provides more than 1 possible
match): |
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Answer the 'initial' question'
this will give you a match or direct you to a different
section with further identification questions. |
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Follow any subsequent links - answering questions as
you go - until a match is found.
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Congratulations you have
found your fungi! |
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