North American Mushrooms

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1. Which mushrooms ooze a milklike liquid when cut or broken? Hygrophori Lactarii Amanitas Lepiotas

2. Which of these grow in clusters on decaying leaves or wood under broad-leaved trees? Maroon Tricholoma Little Wheel Mushroom Scaly Lentinus Pine Mushroom

3. Many, but not all, of the hallucinogenic mushrooms belong to this colorful family? Strophariaceae Inky Caps Entolomas Gomphidii

4. The soft gills of the mushrooms in this family separate cleanly from the underside of the cap when you press on them with a finger? Paxilli Meadow Mushrooms Bolbitii Cortinarii

5. This common inhabitant of lawns is so fragile that it often lasts less than a day? Shaggy Mane Brick Top Haymaker's Mushroom Brownie Cap

6. When stepped on, they explode with a pop, then squirt out the powdery spore 'dust'? Stinkhorns Puffballs Slippery Jack Old Man of the Woods

7. Which of the following is a Jelly Fungi? Witches' Butter Pink Crown Gray Urn Confusing Peziza

8. Which of the following is a Cup Fungi? Dead Man's Fingers Orange Peel Fairy Butter Earthstars

9. Many species of these contain deadly poisons that attack the liver and kidneys and have no known antidote? Lactarii Russulas Amanitas Meadow Mushrooms

10. It is safe to eat mushrooms found in the wild if you are unsure what they are? Answer: (True or False)