A key to Calocybe from China is provided below:

1. Pileus with dirty white tones ..............................................................................................................................................................2

1. Pileus without dirty white tone...........................................................................................................................................................3

2. Pileipellis cellular ............................................................................................................................................................... C. erminea

2. Pileipellis noncellular ................................................................................................................................................. C. gangraenosa

3. Pileus with purple tones......................................................................................................................................................................4

3. Pileus without purple tones ................................................................................................................................................................6

4. Lamellae decurrent .......................................................................................................................................................... C. decurrens

4. Lamellae not decurrent.......................................................................................................................................................................5

5. Pileus dark blue purple, lamellae adnate ............................................................................................................................. C. ionides

5. Pileus a purple black to blue purple, lamellae sinuate to adnate....................................................................................... C. violacea

6. Pileus pastel red to dull-red ................................................................................................................................................. C. vinacea

6. Pileus with brown or yellow tones .....................................................................................................................................................7

7. Pileus with brownish gray or grayish brown tones ............................................................................................................................8

7. Pileus with yellow tones.....................................................................................................................................................................9

8. Stipe surface lilac gray to dull violet.................................................................................................................................... C. lilacea

8. Stipe surface stone-brown to deep mahogany ..................................................................................................................... C. fulvipes

9. Lamellae changed blue when bruised............................................................................................................................. C. decolorate

9. Lamellae unchanged when bruised ..................................................................................................................................................10

10. Basidiomata with odor and taste.......................................................................................................................................................11

10. Basidiomata with indistinct odor and taste.......................................................................................................................................12

11. Basidiomata with fruit aroma ............................................................................................................................................... C. carnea

11. Basidiomata with strong aroma and spicy taste ................................................................................................................ C. gambosa

12. Lamellae with taupe tones.......................................................................................................................................... C. obscurissima

12. Lamellae without taupe tones...........................................................................................................................................................13

13. Stipe surface with white tones............................................................................................................................................ C. convexa

13. Stipe surface is not white tones ........................................................................................................................................................14

14. Lamellae decurrent ...........................................................................................................................................................................15

14. Lamellae not decurrent.....................................................................................................................................................................18

15. Context orange chrome.................................................................................................................................................. C. aurantiaca

15. Context white....................................................................................................................................................................................16

16. Lamellae greyish-yellow ...................................................................................................................................................... C. coacta

16. Lamellae white .................................................................................................................................................................................17

17. Stipe with white pubescence at base ......................................................................................................................... C. badiofloccosa

17. Stipe without white pubescence at base .................................................................................................................... C. longisterigma

18. Lamellae with yellow tones..............................................................................................................................................................19

18. Lamellae with white tones......................................................................................................................................... C. subochraceus

19. Pileipellis cellular ....................................................................................................................................................... C. chrysenteron

19. Pileipellis noncellular ........................................................................................................................................................ C. naucoria