Agaricus subperonatus (J.E. Lange) Singer, (a mushroom)


16 Oct 2016 at OSGR: SU00 in Dorset, England

Record Summary13 fruitbodies, emerging through dumped soil, under oak
Found asFruitbody
Date16 October 2016
OS grid refOSGR: SU00
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland

Notes:

A troop of dark-capped Agaricus fruitbodies with flesh turning deep pink.

Cap: centre densely covered with innate radial brown fibrils, becoming superficially scaley towards the margin.

Gills: pink at first, white edged, becoming pale brownish.

Stipe: white, with "clay pink" to "vinaceous buff" floccose scales on underside of ring and forming bands on lower stem.

Flesh: strongly reddening in cap and stipe.

Spore print: BFF "fuscous black".

Basidia (2,3)4-spored.

Spores: 6-7.5/4-5µm.

Cheilocystidia: elongate, hyaline, 15-20/6-9(11)µm, often septate and with a squarish cell at the base.

[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]

The following literature was used to identify this find:

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