Mushrooming

Three months before my ID courses lots to try and learn.

Spore Print Colour ;

White – Amanita, Cantharellus, Hydnum, Lactarius, Macroleiota, Mycena, omphalotus, Oudemansilla, Russula
Green – Chlorophyllummolybdites
Pinkish Brown – Entoloma, Lepista
Chocolate Brown – Agaricus
Rust brown – Cortinarius, Gymnopilus
Cinnamon Brown – Austropaxillus, Chalciporus, Cortinarius, Suillus
Olive Brown – Boletus
Purplish Brown – Hypholoma Psilocybe
Black – Coprinellus, Coprinopsis, Coprinus, Leratiomyces, Panaeolus, Parasola

Odours ;

Phenolic (Agaricus xanthodermus) carbolic, Iodine like disinfectant
Farinaceous – floury or mealy (Agrocybe praecox, Clitopilus prunulus, some Inocbe, some Tricholoma)
Foetid – foul or rancid (Amanita, Cortinarius peroetens, various Russula and especially Stinkhorns
Fragrant – perfumy fruity (Craterellus cornucopiodes, Lepista nuda)
Spermatic – like semen (some Inocybe note all are toxic
Fishy – (some Russula)
Like Anise – (some Agaricus)
Like bitter Almond – (some Some Agaricus not palatable)
Like Bleach or Chlorine – (some Mycena)
like cucumber – (Mycena epipterygia)
Raphanoid or Raddish like – (Mycena vinacea, Volvopluteus gloiocephalus)
Like Raw Potatos – (some Amanita)
Like Formic Acid – squashed ants (some Amanita)
Like fenugreek or curry powder – (Cortinarius austroalbidus, Piptoporus australiensis)
Like garlic – (some mycena, sometimes Marasmius oreades)
Like Artichoke – (Cyptotrama asprata)
Like bubblegum or boiled sweets- (Entoloma aromaticum, some russula)
Like rotting cabbage – (Marasmiellus affixus)
Like Burnt Grass – (Gliophorus graminicolor)
Like apricots – (some Cantharellus)
like Rotting flesh – (Stinkhorns such as Aseroe rubra, Clathrus archeri)
Like Sour Milk – (Ileodictyon)
like Faeces – (Colus hirudinosus)