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Agaricus sp

Photo by HemaShah
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Local Creek

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)

Gills? This is not Lepiota atrodisca, it might be an Agaricus.
emma, the "gun powder" was pointing at the color !! gun powder grey, not spread spore-powder as a gun-amanite, I think , as clive suggested: genus lepiota is very possible. Spore-PRINT itself isn't that important, when you dont want to do something with the spores (microscope or cultivating). When you see, the color-direction (through- discoloration of the gills; or does the smaller mushroom-cap beneath has a white/brown powdery discoloration), then you have already one important part: the spore-COLOR. When you have no microscope or someone with one, then will you not have much from the spore-print, except of the color. good luck
@ Clive,this what Gave me the idea to ID it as gun powder Amanita. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7368367 i will try and gather more data in the future along with spore print etc. Thnx again.:)
Thnx will practice that from now on!
@ Alex ,does 'Amanita onusta' sound right?
Thanks Alex. i was really hoping to Tap on your expertise!! i am really happy you had time to glance at this. The stalk was short. Do not remember the color of gills.the cap seemed to be a healthy white,not slimy but not dried up either.
should not be the coprinopsis atramentarius.- common ink cap ! when the cap of an mushroom of the coprinus/coprinopsis/coprinellus fam is as much open than this one, then it has mostly the edge bent upwards and beginns to drip black fluid (spores)---> therefore the id isn't right (sorry to annoy). http://eol.org/pages/984054/overview . just from above i can not really make a suggestion, do you still remember any details of the spotting: big stalk/white gills/ring (annolus)/ slimy,dry,cap/ discolor ????

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