Dhong Posted March 24, 2022 Report Share Posted March 24, 2022 Hi everyone! Please can anyone tell me what these mushrooms are? Safe to eat? Many thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitog Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 This looks like one of the small Lepiotas, but we need to see the whole stem, the bottom of the cap, and possibly a spore print to be more certain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhong Posted March 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 Many thanks for your reply. I will take more photos tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 Some species of small Lepiota mushrooms are dangerously poisonous. The ones seen here in the flower pot look like Lepiota cristata. The species most commonly found growing in a flower pot is Leucoprinus birnbaumii. This type mushroom is similar to a small Lepiota. In fact L. birnbaumii used to be called Lepiota lutea. The white caps with brown scales seen in this discussion are the wrong color for L. birnbaumii. I have seen other examples of what looks like Lepiota cristata growing in a flower pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhong Posted March 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 Many thanks for the useful reply. Here are some more pics which includes pics of the stem. I have kids around the house and should proceed to remove them. Photo of the underside of the cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 Looking again, I think the striations are too long and too prominent for Lepiota. I think these represent a species of Leucoprinus. Color is wrong for L. birnbaumii. Here's another species that is reported as growing in potting soil https://www.mycoquebec.org/bas.php?trie=L&l=l&nom=Leucocoprinus ianthinus / Lépiote violette&tag=Leucocoprinus ianthinus&gro=12 . Looks like your mushrooms, Dhong. If they aren't this exact species then I'd say they are something very close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhong Posted March 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2022 Thanks Dave and others for your help.😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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