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Agaricus arvensis

Agaricus arvensis

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 60mm diameter rounded cap speckled looking maybe to flaky brownish top, pale pink gills; gills and top thin; white medium-narrow stipe with white frill part-way down.

Habitat:

In buffalo grass under Pinus Radiata within tall eucalyptus forest.

Notes:

This is probably a youngish cap.

Reference Links:

Agaricus arvensis – almond mushroom « Tall trees and Mushrooms

Species ID Suggestions

Kleiner Wald-Champignon (small wood mushroom)

Agaricus silvaticus

Reference Link
LarsKorb
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Comments (3)
Mark Ridgway
The problem with your suggestion Lars I can't find evidence of this in Australia.
LarsKorb
was funny, because I was about to suggest the Common Earthball...then I watched the second pic ;)
Mark Ridgway
Thanks for that Lars. I had forgotten about this one. I'll look into it tomorrow.

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Beauty of Decay
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2012

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