Agaricus sp.

Agaricus at Quaama, NSW

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Identification history

	Agaricus sp.	23 Feb 2020	Pam
	Unidentified	22 Feb 2020	FionaG

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Two fungi, largest approx. 10 cms in diameter around 4 cms thick.

3 comments

Pam wrote:

23 Feb 2020

Great images of this Agaricus sp.. Even though these specimens have been slightly impacted by the moist conditions in that the cap (pileus) surface has been washed clean of any ornamentation. You have been able to capture a great spore print on the lower specimen, you can even see the lines of the gills from the specimen above on it. This spore print is the typical colour for this genus. You can see the mature spore colour in the colour of the gills. When this genus is immature the gills are a lot lighter in colour with a slight pinkish hue. This is a saprotrophic fungus, that is it is decomposing dead organic material in the its substrate, most probably dead grass.

FionaG wrote:

23 Feb 2020

Thank you Pam. I am learning lots from you.

Pam wrote:

23 Feb 2020

Thank you, that's good to hear. Because this is all about capacity building for all of us. I'm been learning heaps since I began moderating, which I find exciting and rewarding.

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