stem fleshy, often thick.
Gills attached to and somewhat decurrent (descending) stem.
Veils absent.
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Cap
fleshy and small to large; stem fleshy, often thick. Gills attached to and somewhat decurrent (descending) stem. Veils absent. |
| Fat-footed Clitocybe Clitocybe clavipes |
Common Laccaria Laccaria laccata |
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| Fried-chicken mushroom Lyophyllum (Clitocybe) multiceps (decastes) |
Sweating mushroom (left) &
Fairy
ring mushroom (right) Clitocybe dealbata & Marasmius oreades |
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| Jack O'Lantern Omphalotus olearius |
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Because it is often mistaken for
the choice chanterelle, it is the most frequently reported cause of
wild mushroom poisoning -- severe GI upset -- in the Northeast. |
| Ringless Armillaria Armillaria tabescens |
a waxy cap Hygrophorus pratensis |
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| a milky Lactarius subpurpureus * see note |
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Note: Many species of Lactarius on aging look as if they had decurrent gills unlike Russula species -- see the tricholomatoid group |
| a pink-spored mushroom Entoloma abortivum |
a pink-spored mushroom Clitopilus prunulus |
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| a brown-spored mushroom Paxillus atromentosus |
a brown-spored mushroom Paxillus involutus |
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