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15-09-2010, 05:13 PM
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| | | Chestnut Mushroom?
 
I found this growing by a path. It was poking out through a cover of decaying plants. It's almost 2 feet long and looks like a chestnut mushroom. The gills are white. |
15-09-2010, 05:34 PM
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| | | Re: Chestnut Mushroom?
My guess is Parasol mushroom Macrolepiota procera |
15-09-2010, 07:52 PM
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You would be right in your suggestion  |
15-09-2010, 07:56 PM
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| | | Re: Chestnut Mushroom?
chestnut mushroom is just a cultivar of the usual shop-bought cultivated mushrooms (i think!!!), rather than an actual species.
like has been confirmed already - this is the parasol M. procera
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16-09-2010, 08:34 AM
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Many thanks people! |
16-09-2010, 10:31 AM
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| | | Re: Chestnut Mushroom?
A chestnut mushroom looks like this 
I found these under an old oak tree.
I was going to say parasol too... but as a newbie to this i'll only say it once everyone else has!!! |
16-09-2010, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by tomson  A chestnut mushroom looks like this | These are Gyroporus castaneus which is the Chestnut bolete and is a different species from Agrocybe aegerita which is a gilled and cultivated species known and sold in shops as the Chestnut mushroom.
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16-09-2010, 10:49 AM
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I stand corrected nick. Apologies for my lack of knowledge... maybe thats why identifying should be left to the experts. |
16-09-2010, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by tomson I stand corrected nick. Apologies for my lack of knowledge... maybe thats why identifying should be left to the experts. | No need to apologise! It's all about learning I'm certainly no expert either so get that right out of your head  | | |
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