CA, Southern California, 20070923
Madison Heights, agaricus.
This is the day after the 1.2" of rain we got on Saturday. As expected, the larger lawn mushrooms seem to be quite happy. Do the usual nightly sprinklers don't get deep enough for them? Or does the lawn take up everything leaving the fungus with nothing?
Agaricus californicus []
Same place on NW corner of Fillmore and Marengo. Been fruiting off and on almost continuously for a month or so now.
Agaricus []
W side of Marengo, just south of California, just south of first ash, between sidewalk and road. Scattered nearby were some brownish, smaller, older mushrooms, blackening already, also Agaricus same species?
| GEN | big mushroom, scattered on hard ground/lawn |
| ST | 80x20mm, white thin skirt-like ring, tough, solid, cap-color, smooth, somewhat bulbous and v tough base, fungal odor, bruising reddish, K- |
| CAP | 80+mm wide, convex/pillow when young to nearly plane in age, whitish to brownish w thin broad scales/cracks, margin v inrolled when young, K- to sl yellish |
| FLESH | to 20mm thick, tough, staining somewhat vinaceous immediately when cut (esp right next to the gills), K- |
| GILL | pink when young to brown, free |
| SPORE | print choc brown, 6-8x5-6um, ellip-round, smooth, stacking dry |
Chlorophyllum molybdites []
The usual place on NE corner of Fillmore and Arroyo. This has been a highly productive site for months now. The recent rain presumably brought this latest crop. Quite an aesthetic set of buttons, I must say.
Coprinus micaceus []
A few scattered ugly ones (didn't bother to photo) in the usual spot: southern-most magnolia on west side of Magnolia, just north of Alpine.
Psathyrella candolleana []
Since it was there... (next to the horse mushroom).