Spore Print Card Field Mycology Reference · No. 1407
DEPOSIT KEY — GILLED FUNGI
Mounted on near-black board
Spore-deposit color keys the genus

Read the deposit,
not the cap.

A mature cap dropped gills-down overnight casts a radial sunburst of spores. Its color — rust, white, or purple-black — keys the genus. The dark board lets all three register at once.

Rust
Rust
White
White
Clay
Clay
Cortinarius CORT-44 · RUST
9.2×5.4µmverrucose
Amanita AMAN-07 · WHITE
8.0×6.1µmamyloid
Stropharia STRO-19 · PURPLE
11.4×6.0µmsmooth
Pholiota PHOL-31 · CLAY
7.6×4.2µmellipsoid
Lepiota LEPI-02 · WHITE
6.4×3.8µmdextrinoid
Psathyrella PSAT-58 · PURPLE
10.1×5.7µmpore
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