agaricus sp. assistance please

[jonbem]

Hi all.
A single specimen in needle litter. 90mm high, 50mm across, stipe from 25-35mm diam. Slightly yellow hint on cap, a bit scurfy/scaly. Faint almond ish aroma I think. No discolouring when cut.
The nearest I am getting to this is Agaricus urinascens, but I couldn't see any others nearby. Just a large patch of Coprinus comatus about 30 feet away

thanks
Jon

[diggleken]

Hi Jon, cant be sure, obviously, but this may well be Yellow stainer, which in my experience dont always stain as heavily as you might expect from book descriptions.
If it is, it should have some staining though, but you say yours had none at all - not even a faint bit at stipe base?
Cheers
Ken

[jonbem]

Hi Ken
an hour now after cutting and still no stain or discolour

Jon

[diggleken]

hey ho, square one then.............
Cheers
Ken

[jonbem]

. As you can see there is some small infestation.

Jon

[diggleken]

Does this look similar Jon?

Cheers
Ken

[jonbem]

Hi Ken
some similarity, but mine does seem a lot "whiter". I'm still getting the hint of almond aroma, and still no discolouring despite assorted efforts in scarring and bruising.

Jon

[Morchella]

Jon,

I had ones like that recently Non-staining Agaricus xanthodermus

You could always stick a peg on your nose and pop them in a pan to see if that turns them yellow

Laura

[NickCantle]

I generally find that the almond/aniseed smelling ones are completely different to the horrid smelling ones. A. arvenis & the like smell pleasant, but A. xanthodermus and A. moelleri smell absolutely foul when you give them a smell in the field. Iodine, inky, nasty carbolic smell...so I think what you have here is one of the more kind, nicer Agaricus.

[FungiJus]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

I generally find that the almond/aniseed smelling ones are completely different to the horrid smelling ones. A. arvenis & the like smell pleasant, but A. xanthodermus and A. moelleri smell absolutely foul when you give them a smell in the field. Iodine, inky, nasty carbolic smell...so I think what you have here is one of the more kind, nicer Agaricus.

I was talking to a group of people yesterday and had taken along a range of locally found fungi to look at and discuss. I had some 'field' mushrooms, together with some A.xanthodermus for comparison and although I agree with you Nick, I find the smell distinctive and unpleasant, some people just didn't get it - they thought the smelled woody or "like a mushroom".

Same thing happened with Amanita citrina var alba - some people got the raw potato smell, others didn't (I do).

I'm pleased to say though that I also had some Tricholoma sulphureum with me - and everyone got that smell!

J.