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Meadow Mushroom - Agaricus campestris
| Meadow Mushroom - Agaricus campestris |
| Edibility: |
Unknown |
| Habitat: |
Scattered to abundant, in grassy areas |
| Range: |
Throughout North America |
| Season: |
August-September; occasionally in spring; fall-winter in California. |
| Spore Color: |
Brown |
| Mushroom Shape: |
Veiled Mushrooms with Free Gills |
| Lookalikes: |
A. arvensis is fragrant and bruises yellow. A. bitorquis has double ring.
Lepiota naucina produces white spore print. The deadly Amanita virosa and allies, also white-spored, have saclike cup about stalk base, grows in woods or near trees. |
| Description: |
White to brownish, mostly smooth cap; in grass. Cap: 1-4" (2.5-10 cm) wide; convex to nearly flat; dry, smooth or fibrous to woolly; white to grayish or gray-brown. Gills: free, crowded, broad; bright pink, becoming chocolate to blackish-brown. Stalk: 1-2" (2.5-5 cm) long, (1-1.5 cm) thick, sometimes tapering downward; host, smooth to fibrous. Veil: partial veil membranous, white; leaving thin, evanescent ring on stalk. Spores: 6 X 4-6 u,; elliptical, smooth, purple-brown. Spore print blackish-brown. |
| Keywords: |
Meadow, Mushroom |
| Date: |
06.04.2003 05:54 |
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