woods in central illinois, in july and august. it has a pale yellowish brown cap that is covered with tiny fibers and scales, a (proportionally) tall and slender stem that features a thin white ring, and flesh that does not change color when sliced. its odor is not distinctive. the cap surface turns...
cap starts out whitish, but usually develops yellowish shades, and will often bruise yellow if rubbed. in old age the cap surface sometimes develops cracks and fissures (hence the species epithet). the stem features a prominent ring with a "cogwheeled" underside. the flesh will sometimes turn yellowish...
, while most lepiotoid mushrooms are saprobic --which means they "act" differently; amanitas are associated with trees (with a very few saprobic exceptions), while lepiotoid mushrooms are associated with litter. most lepiotoid mushrooms were once contained in thegenus lepiota and, depending on the...
ofagaricusof north america. according to kerrigan the species has previously been folded into agaricus placomyces , beginning with louis krieger's early th-century treatments. however, krieger's "placomyces" had a somewhat stockier stem, a darker and scalier cap, and a more rubbery ring —along with...
size, its habitat in spruce-fir or high-elevation pine forests, its gills, which remain pink for quite a while before turning brown, and microscopic features (see below). agaricus chionodermus does not usually stain or bruise yellow on the cap or stem, like some similar species do, but the flesh in...
appearing in grassy areas in urban settings, but also known from thin woods (especially on the west coast). its species epithet, xanthodermus, means "yellow-skin"—a feature that can be detected by rubbing the mushroom's surfaces with your thumb, especially near the edge ofthe cap and the base ofthe...
in hemlock and douglas-fir forests in washington, and in coast redwood forests in california. its cap features small, dark brown scales at maturity, and it has a thick, rubbery ring on its stem. a similar species, agaricus deardorffensis, is also found on the west coast; its cap is paler brown and less...
by a white cap, stocky stature, non-staining surfaces and flesh, pink-then-brown gills, habitat in grass, and microscopic features (including a lack of true cheilocystidia, and spores – μm long). to the right is bulliard's th century illustration ofagaricus campestris in france ( ). as a "field guide...
east ofthe rocky mountains, and have you seen a woodland agaricus with a scaly to fibrillose brown cap and flesh that stains red when bruised or sliced?...
by most authors, but agaricus expert richard kerrigan ( ) separates it on the basis of dna sequencing and morphological differences. like agaricus abruptibulbus, agaricus reducibulbus is a white, almond-scented, woodland species. however, agaricus reducibulbus remains white as it develops (agaricus...