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 -
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10) Ring present on stem?
no, no ring
yes, membranous ring
yes, fragile ring or ring zone
- I don't know -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 :
current month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
27) Support or substratum?
grows on wood or roots
grows on the ground, or any other non-wood material
- I don't know -
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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 :
None
Agaricus
Agrocybe
Amanita
Armillaria
Clitocybe
Collybia
Conocybe
Coprinus
Cortinarius
Cystoderma
Entoloma
Galerina
Hebeloma
Hygrocybe
Hygrophorus
Hypholoma
Inocybe
Lactarius
Lepiota
Lepista
Macrolepiota
Marasmius
Mycena
Panaeolus
Pholiota
Pluteus
Psathyrella
Russula
Stropharia
Tricholoma
Volvariella
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
page updated on 23/05/17