Macro Mushroom
Scientific Name:
Agaricus urinascens
Synonyms:
A large, often massive mushroom found in soil among grass from early Summer until early Autumn.
Confusion Species:
Height:
Cap Diameter (mm):
80-300
Cap or Bracket Thickness (mm):
Stem Height (mm):
100-140
Stem Diameter (mm):
25-40
Distribution:
Infrequent
Habitat:
In pastures, meadows.
Micro Habitat:
Cap:
Cream or with a slight ochre tint, that splits to reveal woolly or scaly patches.
Flesh:
White, firm and thick and no change in colour on cutting or bruising. There is a strong smell of aniseed in young and mature specimens.
Gills:
Pale, free, crowded, becoming a fawn colour and finally chocolate-brown or blackish at maturity.
Spores:
Chocolate-brown
Stem:
White and sometimes pinkish towards the base on cutting, fusiform, with a thick but fragile ring, smooth above the ring, floccular below it.