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Agrocybe praecox.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Früher Erdschüppling, Pholiote précoce, Spring Fieldcap, Tavaszi rétgomba, Voreilender Ackerling
Agrocybe praecox Mushroom
Ref No: 6931
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Agrocybe praecox2 Mushroom
Ref No: 6932
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem, Bulbous base of stem
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Agrocybe praecox (Pers. ex Fr.) Fayod syn. Pholiota praecox (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer Früher Erdschüppling Tavaszi rétgomba Pholiote précoce Spring Fieldcap Cap 3–6cm across, convex, ochraceous-cream or light tan, drying almost whitish with darker margin. Stem 40–60 x 4–8mm, cream, with ring. Flesh whitish cream becoming brown in stem with age. Smell mealy. Gills adnate, pale reddish-brown at first darkening with age. Spore print cigar brown. Spores ovoid-ellipsoid, 9–10 x 5–5.5µ. Cap cuticle cellular. Habitat amongst grass, usually in shady places, e.g. copses. Season late spring to late autumn. Uncommon. Said to be edible but best avoided. Distribution, America and Europe.

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Sue Mallinson (United Kingdom) - 20 August 2015

Dry weather in May. Massed in large numbers in woodchips around Asda carpark
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 07 November 2012

Hungarian name, Tavaszi rétgomba
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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 21 June 2010

3/06/2010 lasek brzozowo-sosnowy.Tuszkowy-Kaszuby.Poland
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