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Chlorophyllum rhacodes
Button is rich mahogany brown, slightly squared at edges, rapidly matures creating tan to brown scales(the more rain, the more the color leaches out). Stains a reddish brown color where cut(3rd photo).
in former chicken coop
These showed up spontaneously about 4 years ago. They are wonderful edibles(only took me about a year to get them positively identified). A year ago the patch started to fail, after my husband laid grass clippings on top of the patch, not realizing where it was, but I've got it growing again with a little bit of horse manure and by leaving a few caps
Spotted on Nov 3, 2012
Submitted on Nov 4, 2012
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