[Table I.—White Spores.]
| Size of plants, small. | Collybia,[1] Mycena, Omphalia, Marasmius. | |
| Plants deliquescent. | ||
| Time of growth, summer. | Amanita, Collybia, Mycena, Omphalia, Lepiota, Pleurotus, Russula,[2] Lactarius. | |
| Time of growth, autumn. | Amanita, Clitocybe, Collybia, Mycena, Omphalia, Hygrophorus, Lepiota, Marasmius, Armillaria, Pleurotus, Tricholoma, Russula, Cantharellus, Lactarius.[3] | |
| Habitat | In woods, in uncultivated places, on ground. | Amanita, Armillaria, Tricholoma,[4] Clitocybe, Collybia,[5] Hygrophorus, Lactarius, Russula, Cantharellus.[6] |
| In grass and fields, on ground. | Lepiota, Tricholoma.[7] | |
| On other plants—epiphytal. | Mycena, Omphalia, Marasmius, Collybia. | |
| On stumps. | Panus, Armillaria, Lenzites, Lentinus. | |
| On wood. | Trogia, Pleurotus, Schizophyllum,[8] Cantharellus.[9] | |
| On manure. [Category missing in original.] | ||
| Gills, | free. | Amanita, Lepiota. |
| adnate. | Armillaria, Clitocybe, Collybia. | |
| decurrent. | Omphalia, Clitocybe, Cantharellus, Hygrophorus, Lactarius.[10] | |
| serrated. | Lentinus. | |
| sinuous. | Tricholoma, Pleurotus. | |
| distant. | Marasmius, Clitocybe. | |
| in folds. | Cantharellus, Trogia. | |
| Volva. | Amanita. | |
| Veil adhering to margin of cap. | Tricholoma. | |
| Ring. | Amanita, Armillaria, Lepiota. | |
| Stem, | cartilaginous. | Marasmius, Mycena, Omphalia, Collybia. |
| lateral, or eccentric. | Pleurotus, Panus. | |
| none. | Lenzites, Pleurotus, Trogia, Schizophyllum, Panus. | |
| brittle. | Russula. | |
| Pileus, | scaly or warted. | Amanita, Lepiota. |
| campanulate. | Mycena. | |
| silky, cracked or fibrillose. | Tricholoma, Clitocybe, Pleurotus. | |
| umbonate. | Mycena. | |
| umbilicate. | Omphalia, Lactarius.[11] | |
| striate. | Omphalia, Mycena. | |
| Pileus and Gills milky. | Lactarius. | |
[1.] Some small.
[2.] In late summer.
[3.] Generally in autumn.
[4.] Large species.
[5.] Few.
[6.] Some.
[7.] Small species.