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Agaricus mushroom, younger specimen

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:48:40 -0700

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Agaricus mushroom, West London.

There was a large group of them, found in wood debris and soil, short stem tapering towards end, bruising slightly pink (but bruising fading again after a while). Dark pink gills in younger specimen. It seemed many of them were growing under the soil and pushing it up.

After looking at lots of different Agaricus species in lots of books, I think this is maybe Agaricus bisporus due to it's scaly cap, faint red bruising and habitat, but I'm still not certain without a microscope test, or some more expert advice.

Agaricus mushroom, profile

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:48:42 -0700

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Agaricus mushroom, West London.

There was a large group of them, found in wood debris and soil, short stem tapering towards end, bruising slightly pink (but bruising fading again after a while), a distinct cap margin you can see from the picture. Standard mushroomy smell. It seemed many of them were growing under the soil and pushing it up.

After looking at lots of different Agaricus species in lots of books, I think this is maybe Agaricus bisporus due to it's scaly cap, faint red bruising and habitat, but I'm still not certain without a microscope test, or some more expert advice.

Agaricus mushroom, mature specimen

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:48:39 -0700

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Agaricus mushroom, West London.

There was a large group of them, found in wood debris and soil, short stem tapering towards end, bruising slightly pink (but bruising fading again after a while), and a standard mushroomy smell.

After looking at lots of different Agaricus species in lots of books, I think this is maybe Agaricus bisporus due to it's scaly cap, faint red bruising and habitat, but I'm still not certain without a microscope test, or some more expert advice.

Agaricus mushroom, cap view

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:48:41 -0700

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Agaricus mushroom, West London.

There was a large group of them, found in wood debris and soil, short stem tapering towards end, bruising slightly pink (but bruising fading again after a while), a distinct cap margin you can see from the picture. Standard mushroomy smell.

After looking at lots of different Agaricus species in lots of books, I think this is maybe Agaricus bisporus due to it's scaly cap, faint red bruising and habitat, but I'm still not certain without a microscope test, or some more expert advice.

The deceiver, Laccaria laccaria

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:49:43 -0700

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A group of deceiver mushrooms, Laccaria laccaria. There were hundreds of them out today.

The Prince

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:49:47 -0700

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Agaricus augustus, the prince mushroom. This one must have been a good 20 cm across. The remnant veil was flapping in the breeze...

The Prince, Agaricus augustus

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:49:46 -0700

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The Prince, Agaricus augustus. This one is still young and the veil is still covering the gills (so no ring present yet). Distinct smell of almonds helped identify this.

Deceiver mushrooms, Laccaria laccata.

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:49:42 -0700

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Two small Laccaria laccata in the woods.

Cluster of toughshank mushrooms at foot of oak tree

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:49:45 -0700

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This is the spindle toughshank, Collybia fusipes or Gymnopus fusipes, which grows on the roots of trees, this one being an oak.

The Deceiver

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:49:41 -0700

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Two very close deceiver mushrooms, Laccaria laccata.

Toughshank mushroom showing rooting stipe

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:49:44 -0700

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Collybia fusipes or Gymnopus fusipes, the spindle toughshank, showing the tapered, grooved, rooting stem.

Shaggy scalycap, Pholiota squarrosa, Kew Gardens

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:48:58 -0800

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Wood Blewit, Kew Gardens

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:49:17 -0800

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Orange mushroom, Kew Gardens

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:49:23 -0800

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Stropharia, Kew Gardens

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:49:30 -0800

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Mushroom, Kew Gardens

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:49:06 -0800

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Mushrooms in conifer woods

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:32:28 -0800

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Mushroom in moss.

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:32:38 -0800

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I'm wondering if this is Gymnopilus fulgens, as it seems a good match, and is found in sphagnum moss. Also could be a Cortinarius of some kind. Not a great use of flash here...

Mushrooms in leaf litter

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:33:24 -0800

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The closest match I can find to these in the books is the Jack O'Lantern, Omphalotus illudens, but I'm not yet sure...

Shaggy scalycap, Pholiota squarrosa

nobody@flickr.com (the van) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:33:40 -0800

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This specimen was only about 2-3 cms across. Had to get quite close up...