its cap is white, its partial veil often features a cogwheeled underside, and its gills progress from whitish to dark brown without a pink stage. however, unlike agaricus fissuratus, agaricus crocodilinus usually features girdles of small scales around the lower stem, and its cap does not have a tendency...
campestris ," known from lawns and meadows in eastern north america. it features gills that are pink before turning brown, non-staining flesh, a flimsy ring , and relatively small spores. despite appearances, however, agaricus porphyrocephalus is not particularly closely related to species in the campestris...
andrewii can be separated by its spores, which generally fall in the – μm range, length-wise. like other species in the group it grows in grass and features a whitish cap, gills that progress from pink to brown, and a pointed stem base. by maturity the ring is usually collapsed and not prominent. agaricus...
you and your field guide have been calling " agaricus campestris ." it's white, squat, and grows in grass—and it features flimsy veils and gills that are pink when young. in short, you won't be able to distinguish it from other members ofthe campestris group without a microscope; its spores, at about...
cyprus trees, agaricus pattersoniae features a cap that is covered with small brown scales, flesh that turns pink when sliced, and, often but not always, a brownish ringlet on the lower part ofthe stem. agaricus brunneofibrillosus is very similar, and also grows under monterey cyprus—but its cap features...
by its bald, whitish cap, its yellow staining (rub the edge ofthe cap with your thumb), its almondy odor—and especially by its stem, which ends somewhat abruptly and terminates in a squarish or slightly flared base. the stature ofagaricus moronii is often a little bit stocky, since the stem is usually...
; it is particularly common under engelmann spruce and subalpine fir during the late summer monsoon season. physical features separating agaricus amicosus from other rocky mountain agaricus species include the light to medium brown, appressed fibers on the cap, the fairly large size, and the red-staining...
, woodland agaricus species from the southeastern states and the southern midwest, most of which were described in the early th century and have not been examined with contemporary collections and methods. have you found a relatively small, yellow agaricus?...
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...
we are essentially in the season of those mushrooms. with autumn, and cooler weather and some rain, we've seen them begin to sprout around melbourne and they're potentially deadly. for more information on the death cap mushroom and other poisonous mushrooms, people can go to the poisons information...