Agaricus vaporarius (Vitt.) Mos. syn. Psalliota vaporaria (Vitt.) Mψller & Schaeff. Garten-Egerling Agaric de Bernard, Psalliote de Bernard Clustered Mushroom Cap 1015cm across, subglobose at first expanding to flattened convex, dirty brown soon breaking up into large scales. Stem 60120 x 2550mm, tapering at the base which is deeply buried in the soil, white and smooth although initially with brown fibrous scales; ring thick and white, pendulous. Flesh white, reddening only slightly on cutting. Taste nutty, smell mushroomy. Gills pale pink at first later chocolate brown. Cheilocystidia numerous, thin-walled, clavate, hyaline, 1828 x 410΅. Spore print brown. Spores subglobose, 67΄4.56m. Habitat gardens and deciduous woods often developing below ground and pushing up through the soil as it expands. Season autumn. Rare. Edibility suspect -avoid. Found In Europe. |