The »agarics quick start« character input screen including the tools, navigate and analyze palettes.

A click on a character area opens a popup box like the below colour box:

To choose a colour the user just selects one of the colour areas in the colour box.
The colour is then inserted and MycoKey performs a search to find the matching genera.

If the character set on the »quick search screen« is not sufficient you can continue to more detailed
character screens as pileus surface, veils, ecology, spores, cystidia, etc., see below:

The »spore shape« character input layout for a discomycete.