Fungal Genera

This page provides a key to the British genera of agarics and boleti [1]. More speciose genera are highlighted in red.

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Tubes

	Pseudoboletus, Strobilomyces, Fistulina, Gyroporus, Gyrodon, Suillus, Leccinum, Aureoboletus, Chalciporus, Rubinoboletus, Boletus, Buchwaldoboletus, Tylopilus, Porphyrellus

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Tough fruit-bodies not easily decaying

Central stem
Spores white	Crinipellis, Marasmius, Marasmiellus, Baeospora, Xeromphalina, Strobilurus, Micromphale
Spores bright brown	Phaeomarasmius
Excentric, lateral or no stem
Spores white	Schizophyllum, Lentinellus, Lentinus, Panellus, Panus
Spores bright brown	Phaeomarasmius

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Fleshy fruit-body with excentric, lateral or no stem

Gills present
Spores white	Hohenbuehelia, Faerberia, Resupinatus, Hypsizygus, Pleurocybella, Pleurotus, Chaetocalanthus, Cheimonophyllum, Crepidotus, Ossicaulis
Spores pink	Rhodotus, Clitocybe, Phyllotopsis, Entoloma sect. Claudopus, Clitopilus, Rhodocybe
Spores brown or black	Tapinella, Crepidotus, Pleuroflammula, Simocybe, Melonotus
Gills absent
	Tricholomataceae

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Gills liquefying to produce inky fluid

Spores black	Coprinus

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Gills separable from cap

Spores bright brown	Phylloporus, Paxillus

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Parasitic on other fungi

	Pseudoboletus,Entoloma sect. Claudopus, Squamanita, Asterophora, Collybia, Volvariella

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Thick and distant or waxy gills

Gills viens or wrinkles
Spores white	Gomphus
Spores dull brown	Craterellus, Pseudocraterellus, Omphalotus, Faerberia, Delicatula, Marasmius, Cantharellus, Hygrophoropsis, Arrhenia, Plicatura
Gills thick and waxy
Spores white	Hygrophorus, Hygrocybe, Camarophyllopsis, Laccaria
Spores black	Gomphidius

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Fruit-bodies cheesy or brittle

Spores white	Lactarius, Russula

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Pink spores

	Volveriella, Macrocystidia, Pluteus, Rhadocybe, Clitopilus, Entoloma

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Free gills

Volva present
	Amanita
Volva absent, with annulus
Spores white	Chamaemyces, Cystolepiota, Lepiota, Leucoagaricus, Leucocoprinus, Limacella, Macrolepiota, Pseudobaeospora
Spores green or dirty olive brown	Chlorophyllum, Melanophyllum
Spores black	Coprinus , Agaricus
Volva absent, without annulus
Spores white	Lepiota, Limacella
Spores bright brown	Bolbitius, Conocybe
Spores black	Coprinus, Agaricus

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Attached gills with caps over 3cm

Membranous ring present, gills adnexed or adnate
Spores white	Cystoderma, Oudemansiella
Spores bright brown	Galerina, Gymnopilus, Keuhneromyces, Phaeoleptica, Pholiota, Riparites, Rozites, Tubaria
Spores dull brown	Agrocybe, Pholiota
Spores black	Panaeolus
Membranous ring present, gills sinuate or emarginate
Spores white	Armillaria, Calocybe, Cystoderma, Tricholoma
Spores bright brown	Pholiota
Spores dull brown	Hebeloma, Stropharia
Spores black	Psathyrella, Stropharia
Membranous ring present, gills decurrent
Spores white	Armillaria, Pleurotus
Membranous ring absent, partial veil present
Spores white	Cystoderma, Leucocortinarius
Spores bright brown	Cortinarius, Galerina, Gymnoilus, Kuehneromyces, Phaeocollybia, Pholiota, Tubaria
Spores dull brown	Hebeloma, Inocybe, Kuehneromyces, Psilocybe
Spores black	Hypholoma, Lacrymaria, Psathyrella, Psilocybe
Membranous ring absent, partial veil absent, gills adnexed or adnate
Spores white	Collybia, Flammulina, Hebelomina, Laccaria, Leucopaxillus, Lyophyllum, Marasmius, Megacollybia, Melanoleuca, Xerula
Spores bright brown	Gymnopilus, Pholiota, Tubaria
Spores dull brown	Naucoria
Membranous ring absent, partial veil absent, gills sinuate or emarginate
Spores white	Dermoloma, Hebelomina, Lepista, Lyophyllum, Melanoleuca, Ossicaulis, Porpoloma, Tricholoma, Tricholomopsis
Spores bright brown	Gymnopilus, Pholiota, Tubaria
Spores dull brown	Hebeloma, Naucoria
Spores black	Hypholoma
Membranous ring absent, partial veil absent, gills decurrent
Spores white	Armillaria, Cantharellula, Clitocybe, Hygrophoropsis, Leucopaxillus, Lyophyllum, Omphalotus, Pleurotus, Pseudoclitocybe, Pseudoomphalina, Tubaria
Spores bright brown	Paxillus, Phylloporus, Tubaria
Spores dull brown	Ripartites
Spores black	Chroogomphus, Gomphidius, Melanomphalia

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Attached gills, slender with caps upto 3cm

Gills not decurrent
Spores white	Baeospora, Calocybe, Clitocybula, Collybia, Delicatula, Dermaoloma, Flammulina, Hemimycena, Hydropus, Laccaria, Mycena, Mycenella, Resinomycena, Squamanita, Strobilurus, Tephrocybe
Spores bright brown	Conocybe, Flammulaster, Galerina, Gymnopilus, Phaeogalera, Phaemarasmius, Simocybe, Stagnicola, Tubaria
Spores dull brown	Agrocybe, Inocybe, Macrocystidia, Naucoria, Simocybe, Stropharia
Spores black	Hypholoma, Panaeolina, Panaeolus, Psathyrella, Psilocybe, Stropharia

Gills decurrent
Spores white	Chrysomphalina, Clitocybula, Fayodia, Gamundia, Gerronema, Haasiella, Hemimycena, Hydropus, Laccaria, Lichenomphalia, Mycena, Myxomphalia, Omphaliaster, Omphalina, Pseudoomphalina, Rickenella
Spores bright brown	Tubaria
Spores dull brown	Ripartites

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Bibliography

1. Archie McAdam. Keys to the British Genera of Agarics and Boleti.