Agaricus macrocarpus
The white cap is 20 to 30 cm across when full grown and very fleshy with fine, crowded concolorous fibrils. There is only slight yellow staining in this species. Gills are dense, pinkish colour becoming dark brown to blackish brown.
Grassland.
Late summer and autumn.
Widespread in England.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Craig Mabbett
Main Street Frolesworth
03 November 2015
Specimen Examined
Craig Mabbett
Main Street Frolesworth
03 November 2015
Specimen Examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Agaricaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 03/11/2015 (Mabbett, Craig)
- Last record:
- 03/11/2015 (Mabbett, Craig)
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