3/6/2018 Agaricus silvicola (Vittad.) Peck

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Agaricus silvicola (Vittad.) Peck

silvicola means woodland inhabitant

Description: mushroom

Fruiting Body: cap 6­15 cm; stalk central, 7­15 cmlong, 1­2 cm diameter. Spore Print Color: purplishbrown. Spores: basidiospores 5­6.5 x 3­4.5 µm,ellipsoid, mooth, dark brown.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: white mushroomthat stains yellow with KOH, with free gills that aredark brown when mature, with white stalk andannulus growing on ground in woods or woodedyards

not common

3/6/2018 Agaricus silvicola (Vittad.) Peck

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Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on ground

Habitat: woodlands

Fruiting Season: summer, fall

Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota

Order: Agaricales