Key to Pink-Spored, Gilled Mushrooms
by Michael Kuo
1. | With a volva at the base of the stem. | |
2. | Growing on wood (sometimes from buried wood and thus appearing terrestrial; Pluteus petasatus is the most common deceptively terrestrial species). | 3 |
2. | Growing terrestrially (very rarely on wood). | 5 |
3. | With a central to off-center stem. | 4 |
4. | Cap pinkish tan to reddish, "netted" with ridges; flesh in cap rubbery and gelatinous; stem sometimes off-center; all parts turning green with iron salts. | |
5. | Spore print pale pinkish; spores elliptical or nearly round--neither angular nor ribbed (though they may be finely roughened). | 6 |
5. | Spore print deep pink, salmon, or even reddish; spores angular or ribbed. | 7 |
6. | Cap or stem often with purplish to pale lilac shades when fresh and young--or if white, then typically growing in tight clusters; spores not dextrinoid, sometimes finely roughened. | |
6. | Purple shades absent; cap never white; spores dextrinoid, smooth. | |
7. | Cap whitish, with a waxy margin; gills running down the stem; odor mealy; spores pointed-elliptical, ridged. | |
7. | Not with the above combination of macroscopic characters; spores angular, cubic, 5- or 6-sided (etc.), warted, or longitudinally ribbed. | |
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Kuo, M. (2004, November). Key to pink-spored, gilled mushrooms. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/gilled_pink.html
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