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The Pacific Northwest Key Council is dedicated to the creation and publication of field keys to the fungi of the Pacific Northwest. It was initiated in 1974 by Kit Scates of Post Falls, Idaho, and developed with the support and supervision of Dr. Joseph Ammirati and the late Dr. Daniel Stuntz, both of the University of Washington. The geographic area covered is southern British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana. The Key Council develops, refines, and field tests keys to selected species and genera of mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. The mushroom characteristics in the keys are based on macroscopic features that can be seen by the naked eye or hand lens. All keys are subject to peer review and editing before publication. Key Council membership, which is by invitation, includes both professional mycologists and amateurs. |
For information on online keys contact Ian Gibson |
The following mushroom keys or trial keys were introduced by January 2008. Still in the works are Cortinarius, Gilled Boletes, Jelly Fungi, Hydnellum, Laccaria, Omphalinoid Species, Phaeocollybia, Pluteus, Strophariaceae, Volvariella, and Xeromphalina. See also notes on specific genera under Gilled Mushroom heading on main page. Agaricus I 1981 Margaret Dilly Agaricus II 1997 Laverne Chariton Agrocybe 1985 Carl Hermanson Amanita 1986 Don Goetz, 1998 Janet Lindgren Armillaria 2001 Tom Volk Bird's Nests 1981 Marguerite Fay, Kit Scates, Robert Ramsey Boletes 1982 Kit Scates Cantharellaceae 1978 Tina & Gerry Gospodnetich - see Chanterelles Chanterelles 2003 Pilz, Norvell, Danell, Molina Chlorophyllum 2007 Richard Sieger Clitocybe 2002 Sara Clark Club-shaped Fungi 2007 Ian Gibson Collybioid species Helen Kirkwood 1992, revised Buck McAdoo 2003, 2010 Coprinoid Species 1981 Fred Van De Bogart, 2004 minor update Ian Gibson/Harvey Janszen Cortinarius 1981 Daniel Stuntz (withdrawn as outdated) Crepidotus notes 2007 Ian Gibson Crusts and Parchments notes, Stereum key 2007 Ian Gibson Cystoderma 1977 N. Laycock and R. Sandahl, 2003 minor update Ian Gibson Entolomataceae 1996 Robert Ramsay Geoglossaceae 1983 Richard Sieger Gomphidiaceae 1980 Kit Scates-Barnhart Gymnopilus 1994 Harley Barnhart Helvellaceae 2001 Herold Treibs Hygrophorus 1975 Daniel Stuntz, 2003 minor update Ian Gibson Hypomyces 2008 Ian Gibson Inocybe 1978 Daniel Stuntz, 2003 minor update Ian Gibson, 2008 Brandon Matheny Jelly Fungi 2008 Ian Gibson Key to Keys 2002 Ian Gibson Lactarius 1997 Coleman Leuthy Lentinus/Lentinellus 1979 Tak Mochizuki, 2003 update Ian Gibson Lepiotaceae 1998, 2003 Richard Sieger Lepista 1981 Gene Butler Limacella 1981 Kit Scates-Barnhart Marasmioid fungi 2005 Jack Murphy Mycenoid Species 1981 Amy Miller, additions by Ian Gibson Morel notes 2007 Ian Gibson Mycenoid Species - colored 1981 Amy Miller Panaeolus 1980 Gary Menser Pezizaceae 1988 Elsie Coulter Pezizales 1980 H.J. Larsen, 2003 additions Ian Gibson Phaeocollybia 1975 Christel Goetz, 2010 Lorelei Norvell and Ron Exeter Pholiota 1981 Tina Gospodnetich & Kit Scates-Barnhart Pleurotus & allies 1981 Dorothy Brown, 2003 update Ian Gibson Polypores 1982 Daniel Stuntz, 2006 revised James Ginns Psathyrella notes 2007 Ian Gibson Puffballs & Earthstars 1978 Robert Ramsey Ramaria I 1981 Kit Scates revised 2004 revised Michael Beug Ramaria II 2006 Ron Exeter Russula I 1985 Ben Woo Russula II 2007 Christine Roberts Sarcodon 1978 Dorothy Henderson, 2007 revised Ian Gibson Sarcosomataceae 1982 Robert Maguire Sclerodermataceae 1993 Robert Ramsey Squamanita 2007 Ian Gibson Stereum 2007 Ian Gibson Toothed Fungi 1981 Dorothy Henderson, 2007 additions Ian Gibson Tremellales 1978 Joy Spurr Tricholoma 1996 Coleman Leuthy Tricholomopsis 1975 Elsie Coulter Xeromphalina 2008 Ian Gibson |