4. Make note of your surroundings. Specific Species need certain surroundings to grow.
Meadow
Wetlands/floodplains
Moist or arid area of forests
What type of forests you're in (deciduous / conifer / mixed) Sandy or arid conditions
Coastal regions
5. Assessing the Pileus or Cap
A. Examine the kind of the cap. Also, note the maturity of the mushroom. Is it:
Convex – A slick, dome-like cap.
Hemispherical/Ovoid – Only like half an egg.
Campanulate – Bell-shaped.
Conical – Cone-like in appearance.
Umbonate – With a basic umbo (a curved bulge) and flat cap.
Umbilicate – With a basic round depression, like the reverse of umbonate.
Papillate – With a sharp bulge at the centre of the pay.
Funnel – Steep central sadness forming a funnel.
Sunken – Cap gloomy, with margins larger than the centre.
Flat – A planar cap.
Cylindrical – Rounded shirt with an extremely long perpendicular cap (e.g. shaggy mane).
Bracket – Shelf-like limits climbing on wood; typically, fan-shaped.
Spherical – Totally about; only discovered in puffballs and unbroken volva.
B. Examine the cross-sectional cap edge/margin. See the way in which the cap and spore surface meet. Is it:
Straight – End of the cap onto the specific same plane; no curve.
Incurved/Downturned – Edge of the pay arch down.
Recurved/Upturned – End of the cap arch upwards.
Involute – Edge of the pay curled down.
Revolute – End of the cap curled upward.
Rounded – Edge of the pay around.
Sterile – In the event the edge of the cap runs past the spore surface.
C. Examine the summary of the perimeter. Is it:
Entire/Smooth – Unbroken outline.
Scalloped – Has regular of semicircles.
Striate – Short, parallel ridges.
Lobed – Margins cleave inward, like the lobes on a foliage.
Sinuate – Wavy borders.
Cracked/Rimose – Splits in the cap collectively perimeter.
Appendiculate – Collectively with veins turning off perimeter.
D. Examine the appearance and texture of the cap. Is it: Smooth – Smooth to the touch.
Velvety – Tiny hairs that are fragile to touch at the base.
Scales – Close to overlapping fibres on the cap, such as scales.
