Agaricus?

[Philbo]

Hi all, any ideas on this one which seems agaricus-y.

Growing between row of leylandii and hedge, cap c10cm.

I found several of these and they appeared to be just caps sitting on the soil, on pulling it up

I could see that the stipe was mostly buried

Cheers,

Phil

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[roy betts]

Yes, an Agaricus sp. certainly, but that may be as far as you get with just an image.

The useful information from the images are the brown, scally cap, stipe without a bulb and flesh which is hardly discolouring.

With around 40 spp. to chose from this narrows it down a bit. It could be narrowed further with more information: what did it smell of; what type of ring was there (descending/hanging or ascending/’boot like’). I can’t tell from the images what the ring was like; of the other specimens present were there any younger ones? – these may well show the type of ring more clearly.

This info. may still not get to one species and microscopy would be needed to confirm any name put forward.

[Philbo]

Many thanks for your help Roy – the smell was ‘mushroomy’

I’ll try to get a better look at and a better photo of the ring

[Philbo]

I found a younger specimen – this one showing the ring

Does this help to narrow it down?

Cheers

Phil

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[roy betts]

Still tricky

Nice image of the ring. Looked ‘superior’ at first but in cross section could be ‘intermediate’ (terms used in Geoff Kibby’s key). If you still have the specimen, would you say the ring peels upward (hanging/superior), downwards (inferior) or neither (intermediate – doesn’t tear easily up or down)?

At present I would favour A. bisporus (if you have a microscope, this is the only wild species with 2-spored basidia). If it has 4-spored basidia I might go for subfloccosus.

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