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synonyms: Agaric à grande spores, Grosssporiger Egerling, Nagyspórás csiperke |
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location: Europe |
edibility: Edible |
fungus colour: White to cream |
normal size: over 15cm |
cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
stem type: Ring on stem |
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
spore colour: Purplish to black |
habitat: Grows on the ground |
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Agaricus macrosporus (Møller & Schaeff.) Pilát syn. Psalliota subsp. macrospora Møller & Schaeff. Grosssporiger Egerling Agaric à grande spores Nagyspórás csiperke. Cap 8–25(50)cm across, convex, whitish splitting into large ochraceous scales or patches and the margin becoming toothed with age. Stem 50–100 x 25–35mm, frequently with a fusiform rooting base, whitish cream covered in easily removable floccules; ring thick and scaly on the underside. Flesh firm and whitish, sometimes reddening in the stem on cutting. Taste mushroomy, smell faint of crushed almonds when young, rapidly smelling more ammoniacal. Gills whitish-grey at first, finally dark brown. Cheilocystidia numerous, ovate, 8–31 x 6–16µ. Spore print brown. Spores ellipsoid, 8–12 x 5.5–6.5µ. Habitat in rings in pastureland. Season summer to autumn. Occasional. Edible – good. Found In Europe. |
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lee collins (United Kingdom) - 15 September 2024
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Ashley Watson (United Kingdom) - 09 September 2024
Aug 2024, Whetstone, Leicestershire, Cap; 31cm
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Dejan Stojanovic (Yugoslavia) - 30 September 2024
Agaricus macrosporus.
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Ashley Watson (United Kingdom) - 24 November 2024
A urinascens. Biggest I've ever seen. Over 20cm cap. Whetstone, Leicestershire, UK. November 2024.
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 03 February 2024
Hungarian name, Nagysporás csiperke
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