Some kind of Agaricus

[iainbean]

I've seen these mushrooms growing in the same spot a few times but have been put off as I can't get a good ID on them from my book. I dont want to get them mixed with the yellow staining ones (assetii) but they both look so similiar in my book to field mushrooms.

They don't really have yellow stains, I tried cutting them and pressing them and there was a slight browny yellowness but not bright like i've seen in photos. Smells good, a bit aniseedy. They don't really go thicker at the base like I read assetii do.

The rings tend to be bigger and thinner than images of field mushrooms i've seen. Also these were growing in mixed woodland with some non-deciduous trees. These young ones were very rounded, I saw some much bigger flatter ones a week or so ago.

[Ditiola]

Hi
They look like they could be Yellow Staining mushrooms to me and the habitate looks right. You need to cut the very bottom of the stem on fresh specimens to get the staining.

Peter

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by Ditiola

Hi
They look like they could be Yellow Staining mushrooms to me and the habitate looks right. You need to cut the very bottom of the stem on fresh specimens to get the staining.

I'd agree with that all except for the fact that these smell aniseedy, which A. xanthodermus certainly wouldn't even have a hint of.

[iainbean]

I did cut them up with no real hint of staining

[cowshill]

Slight browny yellowing, aniseed smell, mixed woodland - suggests the possibility of agaricus silvicola, the wood mushroom, to me.

- Jim