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Identification of gilled mushrooms using independent criteria

1) Colour of cap?        

white or pale



shades of green



pink, red, wine-red, blue to violet
yellow, orange, ochre or brown



dark, grey to black


- I don't know -
2) Shape of cap?        
 
convex, fleshy or sub-spherical



expanded, flat or thin



bell-shaped, conical or egg-shaped



depressed, funnel-shaped or infundibuliform
 
- I don't know -
3) Umbo present on cap?

yes
 
no
 
- I don't know -
4) Shape of cap margin?   

with veil remnants, flaky or toothed
striate or furrowed
smooth
wavy
 
- I don't know -
5) Viscid, slimy or sticky cap top?

yes



no
 


- I don't know -
6) Flakes, warts or scales on cap top?   



yes



no
 
- I don't know -
7) Colour of stem?        

white or pale
green shades
pink, red, wine purple, blue to violet
yellow, orange, ochre or brown
dark, grey to black
 
  - I don't know -
8) Stem with bulbous base?   



yes



no



- I don't know-
 
9) Volva present at stem base?   
yes



no



- I don't know -
 
force selected answer to criterion
10) Ring present on stem?    



no, no ring



yes, membranous ring



yes, fragile ring or ring zone



- I don't know -
force selected answer to criterion
11) Cortina present?   

yes

no

- I don't know -
12) Colour of gills?   

white, cream or pale
greenish shades
pink, red, wine purple, blue to violet
yellow, orange, ochre to brown
dark, grey to black
 
- I don't know -
13) Insertion of gills onto stem?   



free or adnexed



sinuate, emarginate, adnate only through decurrent tooth



adnate, ascendant



decurrent or sub-decurrent



- I don't know -
14) Thick or widely spaced gills?   



yes



no



- I don't know -
15) Colour of spore print?   

white, cream or yellowish
 
pink
 
ochre to brown or rust
 
black
 
- I don't know -
 
force selected answer to criterion
16) Stem and cap easily separated?       

yes
 
no
 
- I don't know -
17) Flesh with grainy texture (=breakable like a stick of chalk)?       

no
 
yes
 
- I don't know -
 
force selected answer to criterion
18) Colour of flesh?       

white, cream or pale
greenish shades
pink, red, wine purple, blue to violet
yellow, orange, ochre to brown
dark, grey to black

- I don't know -
19) "Milky" droplets appearing when flesh freshly cut?   

no
 
yes : white
 
yes : orange to red
 
- I don't know -
 
force selected answer to criterion
20) Flesh changing colour when cut and exposed to air?   

yes
 
no
 
- I don't know -
21) Taste of flesh (do not swallow!)   

tasteless or pleasant
 
bitter or unpleasant
 
acrid, hot or astringent
 
specific (meal, menthol, radish...)
 
- I don't know -
22) Grows in tufts of many specimens?   

yes

no

- I don't know -

force selected answer to criterion
23) Diameter
of cap?
       


(in mm)
24) Height
of stem?
       


(in mm)
25) Diameter
of stem?
       


(in mm)
26) Month of
collection?
       

Month of collection :

27) Support or substratum?       

grows on wood or roots
 
grows on the ground, or any other non-wood material
 
- I don't know -
 
force selected answer to criterion
28) Saprophytic/mycorhizian or parasite? 

saprophytic/mycorhizian (grows on dead matter)
 
parasite (grows on living bodies)
 
- I don't know -
29) Habitat (or supporting wood for species growing on wood) ?       

broad-leaved forest (or on deciduous wood)
coniferous forest (or on conifers)
park, garden, pasture, roadside, rich soil
woodland, clearing or edge of woods
damp area, swamps
- I don't know -
30) Region of collection?   

France: Rambouillet's forest
France/Europe: north of River Loire or above 47° of latitude (excluding Rambouillet and Great Britain)
France/Europe: south of River Loire or below 47° of latitude (excluding Mediterranean region)
Great Britain
Mediterranean region
- I don't know -
31) Altitude of collection?   

in the mountains
 
low altitude
 
- I don't know -
32) Nature of collection soil?   

acid soil
 
calcareous soil
 
- I don't know -
EXPERT MODE       

Genus imposed for search :        
search with morphological criteria only
search with both morphological criteria and frequency
I have understood that this identification programme offers no guarantee whatsoever on the accuracy of the identifications proposed, that wild fungi may be lethally poisonous and should only be eaten with the greatest care after advise given by an expert mycologist

     


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