Agaricus arvensis Schaeff., (horse mushroom)


17 Oct 2004 at OSGR: TF40 in Cambs, England

Record Summaryon ground in Apple orchard
Found asFruitbody
Date17 October 2004
Associated organismMalus
OS grid refOSGR: TF40
Lat/Lon52° 40’ N, 0° 10’ E
Vice CountyCambs, VC no: 29
CountryEngland
Voucher17 Oct 2004[A]
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Notes:

Cap: white, buff in centre, minutely concolorous scaly.

Ring: membranous, with "cogwheel" on underside.

Gills: very pale greyish pink when young.

Smell: almonds.

Spores: pale cocoa-brown under microscope, ellipsoid-amygdaliform, 6-8/5µm.

GIll edge: white edged with narrowly clavate to cylindric cheilocystidia.

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