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LOCATION:
Basecamp Railway Path
DATE FOUND:
Day 14 – 03 November 2023
I found these to the left of the Basecamp railway path growing from under rotting logs.
They had large white caps with dark brown scales which were denser at the apex.
The stem was firm and had a large, cream annulus and the gills were buff.
They had disappeared when I checked on Day 15, but the next week, Day 16 (18 November 2023), they had appeared again.
They were in grass and leaf litter on the edges of the path or growing from under mossy, rotting wood.
One had a patchy, white stem, which turned pale yellow when bruised, and smooth ring.
The cap was fibrous and also turned pale yellow when bruised.
The gills were pink and the flesh white.
The faint yellow bruising and dark scales distinguish them from Agaricus xanthodermus.
On Day 17 (25 November 2023), the gills had turned inky black as had parts of the stem and cap.