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.
8. Sometimes on rotten wood.
9. Some on rotten wood.
10. Adnato decurrent.
11. Becomes depressed in centre.