Agaricus sylvicola (Vitt.) Peck Dünnfleischiger Anisegerling Agaric des bois Wood Mushroom Cap 5–10cm across, convex, cream, readily bruising ochraceous and becoming more yellow with age. Stem 50–80 x 10–15mm, concolorous with the cap, base usually bulbous; ring large and pendulous, upper surface white, lower drab. Flesh thin, white. Taste mushroomy, smell of aniseed. Gills free, pale greyish-pink at first later chocolate brown. Cheilocystidia numerous, thin-walled, oval to subglobose, hyaline, 10–20 x 7–20µ. Spore print purple-brown. Spores ellipsoid 5–6 x 3–4µ. Habitat in coniferous and deciduous woods. Season autumn. Occasional. Edible – good. Distribution, America and Europe. |