Agaricus 'xanthodermus group'
Amaroo, ACT
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| Agaricus 'xanthodermus group' | Csteele4 | 4 Jan 2024 | |
| Agarics | RichForshaw | 4 Jan 2024 |
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Not exactly the right time of the year, but mushrooms are appearing under the pitostroms. Located a few yards as dron a birch treee and a number of of oaks. Welcoming any ID. And I dont eat mushy’s like this. Only the little fried ones with brekky lol.
5 comments
4 Jan 2024
@RichForshaw these look potentially Agaricus, but for ID purposes we need to see the underside, and ideally the stipe (stem) and any annulus (skirt) as well. :)
4 Jan 2024
More pics taken. Looks kinda death cappy to me. I regularly get them here in winter. Seeing if I can add images now
4 Jan 2024
@RichForshaw thank you! I can see the similarity, and death caps (Amanita phalloides) have been spotted locally already this year (everything is topsy-turvy for fungi at the moment), but these are an Agaricus. The gregarious nature (heaps together) boxy top, and type of annulus make these likely to be something in section Xanthodermatei, so mildly toxic, but nothing so bad as a death cap! If you could, please pop these on iNaturalist as well? There is a researcher called Grace Boxshall who is studying Agaricus who keeps an eye on sightings there.
4 Jan 2024
Thanks for the Id. And I have now added to Inaturalist. Haven’t used it before so hope I got it right.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.128219-35.168297
- Altitude 632.2m
- Places Amaroo, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 4 Jan 2024 08:03 PM Recorded on
- RichForshaw Recorded by
Collections
- Fungi Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] RichForshaw Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Agaricus 'xanthodermus group'
Species information
- Agaricus 'xanthodermus group' Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 573.25m to 632.19m Recorded at altitude
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