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ID please, maybe a Chlorophyllum?

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Hello,

I am having trouble identifying this mushroom.

I was thinking maybe a Chlorophyllum spp. but that's as far as I have got.

Habitat:

Coastal area, Found growing directly under a small conifer on a mix of soil and conifer debris

Characteristics of the gills:

White and freely attached

Characteristics of the stem:

Very thick and large stem with a partial veil and a slightly bulbous base

Characteristics of the cap:

Convex with white and gray scales

Spore print color:

Pale white/cream spore print on black paper (sorry no photo)

Other interesting notes:

Pink/brown bruising where the stem was cut on 2 photo

First mushroom (pictures taken month ago)

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Second mushroom (pictures taken today but mushrooms is a few weeks old)

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I hope this is everything, Please ask me if I missed anything.

Cheers,

Tio

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Hey Tio,

I'm no expert, but I'm thinking Macrolepoita rhaccodes (Shaggy Parasol Mushroom)

From what I read the Chlorophyllum are similar but have a pale green spore print.

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Cheers Jox,

According to Mushroom expert (http://www.mushroome...m_rhacodes.html)

"Chlorophyllum rhacodes has been called "Lepiota rhacodes" or "Macrolepiota rhacodes" in the past, but recent DNA studies (see Vellinga, 2002) have given the mushroom a new home in the genus Chlorophyllum, alongside the very similar Chlorophyllum molybdites"

I was thinking it could be a Chlorophyllum rhacodes but now Im unsure it could either be C. rhacodes, C. brunneum or maybe another Chlorophyllum.

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Anyone else have an Idea what these might be?

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It's probably C. rhacodes.

If you find these again post clear pictures of the bulbous base as these differ in the species and can aid identification.

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Definately not Macro rhachodes. Probably a chlorophyllum

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Hi Mutant,

Thanks for the reply.

I thought Macrolepiota rhacodes and Chlorphyllum rhacodes are the same mushroom?

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Yep it seems they are synonym now

So it's probably no Chlorophyllum rhacodes from what I see.

its some smaller chlorophyllum with not the double ring and not so prominent scales (rhacos = cloth in greek referring to scales) . I would say C.agaricoides if I found this in greece, but I think it doesn't redden...

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Mutant I don't think It can be a C. agaricoides as they are Secotioid fungi and their cap does not open fully.


I have to agree with Karode13 it definitely seems like it could be a C. rachodes.

At the moment there is another one of these mushrooms growing under a large conifer in my property, so I can have a better look at that once it grows bigger.

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Take pictures of the stipe base from above. The shape of the basal bulb is a feature used to determine between the species. It's a Chlorophyllum though. I pick C. brunneum for the table. Look up Else C. Vellinga's papers. She rewrote the genus and those are the go to literature.

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