Most mushroom guides and identification keys are organized such that one starts by choosing a spore color, then working down through other features individually. This guide improves on this in a few ways

1) I started by filtering by simple features like size, season, abundance, and habitat

2) I allowed for broad groups or genera, like Lepiota, Gymnopilus, and Pholiota

3) The remaining mushrooms are then grouped by possible veil (yes/no), gill attachment (free/attached), and spore color

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Links to photos of each group

Chlorophyllum (inaturalist)

Chrysomphalina (inaturalist)

Crepidotus (inaturalist)

Flammulina (inaturalist)

Gymnopilus (inaturalist)

Hohenbuehelia (inaturalist)

Hypholoma (inaturalist)

Lepiota (inaturalist)

Leptonia (inaturalist)

Neolentinus (inaturalist)

Pleurocybella (inaturalist)

Pleurotus (inaturalist)

Pluteus (inaturalist)

Pholiota (inaturalist)

Sarcomyxa (inaturalist)

Scytinotus (inaturalist)

Stropharia (inaturalist)

Tapinella (inaturalist)

Tricholomopsis (inaturalist)