sumone Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 http://imgur.com/a/mV867 Saw these out my back window. Used my field guide and guessed that they were forest mushrooms which are edible but I didn't touch them. If I wanted to eat them I would have looked at spore color and flesh stain color. The lawn mowers are just going to chew them up anyways but I didn't feel like disturbing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Looks like it may be chlorophyllum molybdites. They should turn light green on the gills and should give a green spore print if I am correct. These mushrooms show up in grassy areas all over during the summer where I live. Chlorophyllum molybdites are considered toxic. Most agaricus have pink gills that turn brown when mature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotabob Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 I would say it is definitely not an Agaricus. Dave is the expert and I am sure that he will be able to identify these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I would bet these are C. molybdites. Here's the evidence. Large parasol shape, ring on stalk, stalk without a pattern of small brownish scales (ornamentation), cap with one or several large brownish patches, occurrence on a lawn. Also, gills appear to have a somewhat greenish tint. Collection location, Florida, also makes sense for this type. It has a predominantly southern distribution in eastern NA. Definitely not an Agaricus species, as John has explained. I believe C. molybdites is responsible for a significant percentage of annual mushroom poisonings in NA. It looks a lot like Macrolepiota procera, an excellent edible. Two main differences are that M. procera has ornamentation on the stalk and numerous small fluffy scales on the caps, as opposed to the few large scales of C. molybdites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Boy Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Another difference is that M. procera will always be associated with the roots of a nearby tree, while C. molybdites grows alone in the grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumone Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks, I don't know how I didn't see that picture in my guide, I'll have to look closer next time. Now it does seem really obvious that it's C molybdites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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