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Originally Posted by ohgreatstew  Sorry Ken, I did a spore print overnight and it is bright rust brown/orange, really quite vibrant, |
That leaves you with a major problem then. Your photos show specimens with gills that are clearly free from the stem - you can see this both in the cross section and the upside down cap. I am not aware of any species with a rust brown spore print and free gills. In any event,
Inocybe is ruled out because this genus does not have rust brown spores.
It can't be
Agaricus because that genus has dark brown spores and it can't be
Lepiota s.l. because that genus has white or pale coloured spores.
The only other likely options are
Pluteus and
Volvariella, the former without a volva and the latter with a volva. Both these genera have pink to pinkish-brown spores, although in
Pluteus the spore print can sometimes appear more brown than pink.
The only way to take it further would be with microscopy.
Ken