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Invisiblescout24
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San Francisco identifiation please
    #6810589 - 04/19/07 09:41 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

This was found in grass and soil in San Francisco. The color of the spores is visible on the cross-section - perhaps a dull brown or purple brown? (identifying the color is proving to be a problem!). There was a bulb at the base and a weak annulus. Not much smell. The index card pictured in the cross-section is 12.5 cm. long.







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Re: San Francisco identifiation please [Re: scout24]
    #6810723 - 04/19/07 10:11 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

It could be Agrocybe praecox. The cracked top and appearance late in the season is common for this species.

http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Agrocybe_praecox.html


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Re: San Francisco identifiation please [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #6810776 - 04/19/07 10:22 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

It could be a. praecox. But look at the praecox specimen I found in the Sacramento area about 1.5 mos. ago. The gills on it look much closer. Perhaps the gills on this recent specimen have sagged and spread with age and/or dessication?




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Re: San Francisco identifiation please [Re: scout24]
    #6810863 - 04/19/07 10:42 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

It certainly looks to be something similar to A. praecox. David Arora refers to these as the "A. praecox group", which is a good hint that there are a bunch of very similar mushrooms that will probably be split into several species whenever one of the professionals gets around to doing a detailed study of them. It's also a good hint that, although similar to each other, there is also quite a bit of variability in the mushrooms that key out under that name.

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Re: San Francisco identifiation please [Re: ToxicMan]
    #6811979 - 04/20/07 07:53 AM (16 years, 9 months ago)

Yes it is an Agrocybe. What species?

maybe Curecat knows.

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Re: San Francisco identifiation please [Re: mjshroomer]
    #6812455 - 04/20/07 09:57 AM (16 years, 9 months ago)

Agrocybe praecox looks like the closest.


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Re: San Francisco identifiation please [Re: mjshroomer]
    #6812670 - 04/20/07 11:10 AM (16 years, 9 months ago)

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mjshroomer said:
Yes it is an Agrocybe. What species?

maybe Curecat knows.

mj



Alan got it. A. praecox, I have been finding hude patches of them all spring.



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Re: San Francisco identifiation please [Re: CureCat]
    #6812713 - 04/20/07 11:23 AM (16 years, 9 months ago)

Yeah... we've found large patches of a. praecox in the past months as well. This one was all by itself, though. I actually found a large patch of about five hundred praecox and had an opportunity to watch them for a few days and was impressed by the variation in appearance. Apparently, I didn't take that lesson to heart.

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