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Agaricus

Agaricus

Description:

Agaricus, unknown specific species.

Habitat:

Wooded area, heavy leaf litter

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7 Comments

birdlady6000
birdlady6000 11 years ago

Beautiful spotting!

AliA
AliA 11 years ago

Thanks! I labelled it as just "Agaricus" - thanks for the details, i know a lot more about insects and plants than I do about Fungi and Mushrooms - lots to learn!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Not quite a match - margin in-rolled on the purpurascens and highly adnate gills on yours.... as Shannon says might be best to leave it as Agaricus sp.

ShannonInCT
ShannonInCT 11 years ago

Not much information on A. purpurascens anywhere. I think that might be an obsolete term. Sometimes one has to be satisfied with getting as far as the genus from a photo.

AliA
AliA 11 years ago

Thanks ShannonInCT and ArgyBee for your ideas - I found this one, what do you think?
http://www.mushroomslook.com/p/127/agari...

ShannonInCT
ShannonInCT 11 years ago

I see brown-colored free gills. Should be Agaricus.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Nice set. Maybe lepiota or macrolepiota?

AliA
Spotted by
AliA

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Aug 8, 2012
Submitted on Aug 8, 2012

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