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Agaricus arvensis

Agaricus arvensis

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.

1 Species ID Suggestions

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago
Kleiner Wald-Champignon (small wood mushroom)
Agaricus silvaticus Kleiner Wald-Champignon – Wikipedia


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3 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

The problem with your suggestion Lars I can't find evidence of this in Australia.

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

was funny, because I was about to suggest the Common Earthball...then I watched the second pic ;)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Thanks for that Lars. I had forgotten about this one. I'll look into it tomorrow.

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

3786, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jan 8, 2012
Submitted on Jan 8, 2012

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