2BigPuffballs1LargeMorel Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Found these in my lawn in central florida, growing in soil any ideas? Stem is similar color to center of top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted April 20, 2021 Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 Yes. Interesting! Need to see the underside. Knowing spore print color would help. How wide is this cap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2BigPuffballs1LargeMorel Posted April 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Thanks for the response! Here it is: It is about 2.5 - 3 inches in diameter, and I will post the spore print results tomorrow, sadly the mushroom got ripped in half while removing the stipe, however I still will be able to see the spore print color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 I think this mushroom represents some species of genus Agaricus. The spread-out cap and free gills (not reaching the stalk) suggest Agaricus. Agaricus mushrooms have brown spore prints. Post-mature specimens of some types of Agaricus have gills that become black. Below is a link to a USF "Florida Fungi" project that shows Agaricus specimens a few of which have the very dark gills and one which has a strangely blackened cap surface similar to the one seen in this discussion. The mushrooms are labeled "Agaricus sp. 1" indicating the species is likely undocumented. http://arborist.forest.usf.edu/floridafungi/89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2BigPuffballs1LargeMorel Posted April 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 20 hours ago, Dave W said: I think this mushroom represents some species of genus Agaricus. The spread-out cap and free gills (not reaching the stalk) suggest Agaricus. Agaricus mushrooms have brown spore prints. Post-mature specimens of some types of Agaricus have gills that become black. Below is a link to a USF "Florida Fungi" project that shows Agaricus specimens a few of which have the very dark gills and one which has a strangely blackened cap surface similar to the one seen in this discussion. The mushrooms are labeled "Agaricus sp. 1" indicating the species is likely undocumented. http://arborist.forest.usf.edu/floridafungi/89 Very interesting, the mushrooms I found resembled most of all the last image of that database, however a decent amount more yellow in the center. There should be some more sprouting up this spring and i will be able to take a closer look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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