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Identifying Waxcap Fungi : :

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

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

Section 2 - Stipe Dry & Cap Dry - Cap violet, lilac or blueish:

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

Initial Question:
Cap narrowly conical.		calyptriformis
Cap convex or omphalinoid.		Go to section 2A

Section 2A:
Cap < 5 mm's, omphalinoid, gills adnate.		viola
Cap > 5 mm's, convex, gills decurrent.		lilacina

Section 3 - Stipe Dry & Cap Dry - Cap grey or grey-blue:

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

Initial Question:
Gills decurrent, cap felty.		canescens
Cap adnate or adnexed.		Go to section 3A

Section 3A:
Stipe white or cream.		fornicata
Stipe grey to fawn, smell nitrous.		nitrata

Section 4 - Stipe Dry & Cap Dry - Cap brown:

Section 5 - Stipe Dry & Cap Dry - Cap yellow & convex:

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

Initial Question:
Cap yellow or orange with dark squamules.		turunda
Cap smooth or finely pruinose.		Go to section 5A

Section 5A:
Fungus robust, stipe > 5 mm's diameter.		quieta
Fungus delicate, stipe < 3 mm's diameter.		Go to section 5B

Section 5B:
Stipe violaceous at apex, spores 6-7.5 mu x 4-5 mu.		xanthochroa
Stipe pale yellow or white, spores 8-10 mu x 4.5-5 mu.		citrinopallida

Section 6 - Stipe Dry & Cap Dry - Cap orange & gills free, adnate or adnexed:

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

Initial Question:
Pileus squamules or tomentose.		Go to section 6A
Pileus smooth.		Go to section 6E

Section 6A:
Lamellae free or adnexed, stipe fibrillose.		intermedia
Lamellae adnate or decurrent.		Go to section 6B

Section 6B:
Cap bright red, fragile, smell of garlic.		helobia
Cap orange or dull red, tough, no smell.		Go to section 6C

Section 6C:
Spores 9-12 mu long.		substrangulata
Spores 7.5-9 mu long.		Go to section 6D

Section 6D:
Spores Triangula.		miniata
Spores oblong.		calciphila

Section 6E:
Cap yellow, smell of Lactarius quietas.		quieta
Cap orange to orange-red, smell of honey at least in stipe base.		reidii

Section 7 - Stipe Dry & Cap Dry - Cap orange & gills decurrent:

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

Initial Question:
Fungus robust, cap dull matt orange.		pratensis
Fungus small.		Go to section 7A

Section 7A:

Cap orange with dark squamules.		turunda
Cap edge scalloped.		cantharellus

Section 8 - Stipe Dry & Cap Dry - Cap red & gills red:

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

Initial Question:
Pileus squamulose.		Go to section 8A
Pileus smooth or finely pruinose.		Go to section 8C

Section 8A:
Fungus scarlet, squamules pointed, faint smell of garlic.		helobia
Fungus red, orange or yellow, squamules obtuse.		Go to section 8B

Section 8B:
Spores triangular.		miniata
Spores oblong.		calciphila

Section 8C:
Taste bitter.		mucronella
Taste neutral or mild.		Go to section 8D

Section 8D:
Fungus medium to large, bright red.		splendidissima
Fungus small to medium, orange red.		Go to section 8E

Section 8E:
Lamellae yellow or orange, smell of honey in stipe base.		reidii
Lamellae red with yellow edge, smell neutral.		coccinea

Section 9 - Stipe Dry & Cap Dry - Cap red & gills decurrent:

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

Initial Question:
Cap smooth, taste bitter.		mucronella
Cap squamulose.		Go to section 9A

Section 9A:
Squamules concolourous with cap.		cantharellus
Squamules distinctly dark.		coccineocrenata