THE OCHRE-SPORED AGARICS.
(The spores are yellowish brown or rusty brown.)
| Gills not separating readily from | 1 | ||
| Gills sometimes separating readily from the pileus, forked or anastomosing at the base, or connected with vein-like reticulations. | Paxillus. | [165] | |
| 1— | Universal veil not arachnoid (i. e., not cobwebby). | 2 | |
| Universal veil arachnoid, distinct from the cuticle of the pileus, gills powdery from the spores. | Cortinarius. | [161] | |
| 2— | Stipe central. | 3 | |
| Stipe eccentric or none. | Crepidotus. | [159] | |
| 3— | Volva or annulus present on stipe. | 4 | |
| Volva and annulus wanting. | 5 | ||
| 4— | Stipe with an annulus. | Pholiota. | [150] |
| Stipe with a volva. Locellina (not reported in U. S.). | |||
| 5— | Gills free from the stem. | Pluteolus. | |
| Gills attached. | 6 | ||
| 6— | Gills not dissolving nor becoming powdery. | 7 | |
| Gills dissolving into a gelatinous or powdery condition, not diffluent as in Coprinus. | Bolbitius. | [163] | |
| 7— | Stipe fleshy. | 8 | |
| Stipe cartilaginous or sub-cartilaginous. | 10 | ||
| 8— | Gills somewhat sinuate. | 9 | |
| Gills adnate or decurrent. | Flammula. | [156] | |
| 9— | Cuticle of the pileus silky or bearing fibrils. | Inocybe. | [158] |
| Cuticle of pileus smooth, viscid. | Hebeloma. | [157] | |
| 10— | Gills decurrent. | Tubaria. | [159] |
| Gills not decurrent. | 11 | ||
| 11— | Margin of pileus inflexed. | Naucoria. | [153] |
| Margin of pileus straight, from the first. | Galera. | [155] |
No species of Pluteolus are here described.