-- field key --

3 Armillarioid:  honey mushroom group  - white spores


 Cap and stem fleshy. 

Gills attached to stem, sometimes somewhat decurrent. 

Partial veil present, leaving a membranous ring of tissue on stem.

Honey mushroom
Armillaria mellea
 another


Fragrant Trich
Tricholoma (Armillaria) caligatum
 another



Look alikes include Pholiota and all its segregate genera, etc. - brown spores
Sharp-scaly Pholiota
Pholiota squarrosoides
 Deadly Galerina
Galerina autumnalis


Big laughing gym,
Gymnopilus spectabilis
 Gypsy
Rozites caperata


Maple Agrocybe
Agrocybe acericola


Look alikes also include Stropharia etc. - purple-black spores
Wine-cap Stropharia
Stropharia rugosoannulata
 Slimy Gomphidius -- black-spored
Gomphidius glutinosus