North American Mushrooms

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

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

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

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? Bolbitii Paxilli Meadow Mushrooms Cortinarii

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

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? Confusing Peziza Gray Urn Witches' Butter Pink Crown

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

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

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