When I found a group of these growing in the grass I thought that they were St. George’s Mushrooms. I then took a spore print and it was reddish brown rather than the expected white, so I then I thought I may have a toxic Inocybe instead, and lost all confidence in my ability of being able to recognize edible mushrooms… Looking through pictures, I was eventually able to figure out that it is actually an edible Agaricus campestris.

Gills

Spores

Spore print

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      1 year ago

      Yeah but not everyone can smell the bad ones. Personally, I can’t which was quite confusing and frustrating when I was trying to learn them. I believe it’s a genetic trait.