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Littleshroom
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Meadow Mushroom-Agaricus Campestris??
#16077803 - 04/11/12 09:37 PM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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Habitat: In my front lawn, I live in Davis, CA and its been very rainy recently
Gills: Younger shrooms have rosy gills as seen in the pics but fade to dark brown as they mature
Stem: Not hollow, average size
Cap: range from small little one inchers as buttons in the lawn to the ones in pics about 5 inches
Spore print color: Working on it- just picked em today
Bruising: no noticeable bruising
Other information: Just a good classic mushroomy smell
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Re: Meadow Mushroom-Agaricus Campestris?? [Re: Littleshroom]
#16077818 - 04/11/12 09:39 PM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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Re: Meadow Mushroom-Agaricus Campestris?? [Re: Littleshroom]
#16077924 - 04/11/12 10:00 PM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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It's some sort of edible Agaricus species due to lack of foul odor and lack of bruising reactions. Great that it's growing right in your yard 
Are you sure there isn't yellow bruising on the caps at least?
-------------------- Rod Tulloss said: The bulb is the bulb. The volva is the volva. They have a very long term realtionship, but they’re “just friends.”
Edited by suchen (04/11/12 10:01 PM)
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Re: Meadow Mushroom-Agaricus Campestris?? [Re: suchen]
#16078091 - 04/11/12 10:31 PM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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Not Agaricus campestris which has an evanescent veil and doesn't stain yellow which is quite evident in your pictures on the caps. The good smell (Should not smell like chemicals) and lack of yellow staining on the stem (And especially stem base) indicates its an edible species though.
I'm not quite sure which one though, maybe compare with these.
http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Agaricus_silvicola.html http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Agaricus_albolutescens.html http://mushroomhobby.com/Gallery/Agaricus/Agaricus_abruptibulbus.htm
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Re: Meadow Mushroom-Agaricus Campestris?? [Re: Byrain]
#16078458 - 04/12/12 12:30 AM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wait for someone who knows better than me, but they look a lot like the albolutescens I found today in the hills about 80 miles from you. I didn't get the almond smell until it had dried out a bit, and I lightly scraped the stem with the back of a knife. The smell was very faint, but very much like marzipan. It was just overwhelmed buy the basic mushroomy smell.
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Re: Meadow Mushroom-Agaricus Campestris?? [Re: Littleshroom]
#16078521 - 04/12/12 12:59 AM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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Agaricus albolutescens seems likely.
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Littleshroom
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The spores are brown, I laid the caps on paper overnight and got a crazy amount of spores. Maybe I'll try to cultivate them if they end up being good.
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Re: Meadow Mushroom-Agaricus Campestris?? [Re: Littleshroom]
#16081871 - 04/12/12 07:28 PM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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So my mom cooked these guys up in butter and she said they smelled kinda like creosote...a very unpleasant smell...I also picked some young button stage ones but they didn't smell or taste bad cause I tried one, but the older mushrooms definitely smelled bad. Is this normal or a bad sign?
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Re: Meadow Mushroom-Agaricus Campestris?? [Re: Littleshroom]
#16082033 - 04/12/12 08:12 PM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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Bad sign. Means they are likely poisonous or at the very least unpalatable.
-------------------- Rod Tulloss said: The bulb is the bulb. The volva is the volva. They have a very long term realtionship, but they’re “just friends.”
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Re: Meadow Mushroom-Agaricus Campestris?? [Re: Littleshroom]
#16082700 - 04/12/12 10:26 PM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
Littleshroom said: So my mom cooked these guys up in butter and she said they smelled kinda like creosote...a very unpleasant smell...
That is kind of a bad sign, but I still think its A. albolutescens due to the persistent yellow staining on the caps.
The toxic ones smell like ink or paste, kind of a chemical odor. Perhaps creasote is the same, not sure. If you eat it make sure you try really tiny bits at first and slowly work your way up.
The worst thing that can happen if you eat an Agaricus is to throw up, you wouldn't need to go to the hospital if you get sick.
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Re: Meadow Mushroom-Agaricus Campestris?? [Re: suchen]
#16082712 - 04/12/12 10:30 PM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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Damn they smelled just like regular button mushroom when raw and the immature button staged ones we cooked smelled and tasted fine...could it just be an effect of the old age/maturity of the caps? I have a feeling it is more likely Agaricus xanthodermus because of the smell when cooked
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Re: Meadow Mushroom-Agaricus Campestris?? [Re: Littleshroom]
#16083015 - 04/12/12 11:53 PM (11 years, 10 months ago) |
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Agaricus xanthodermus doesn't stain persistently yellow, it stains extremely yellow quickly like a highlighter and then looses the color rather fast (KOH will make the staining persistent). It also will stain heavily on the stem and especially stem base, smells unpleasant like chemicals, and has a bad metallic taste.
I think these may be A. abruptibulbus which I have seen in the Sacramento area recently, but if not I would think Alan is right with A. albolutescens. The former would have an bulbous base (Perhaps not always obvious?) and larger spores.
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