SCIENTIFIC NAME: AGARICUS MACROSPORUS
VERNACULAR NAME: MACRO MUSHROOM

Fig 1
CAP 5 - 25cm in diameter.  Convex and coloured white to ivory becoming yellowish and becoming cracked into numerous ochraceous scales.   The margin splits with age and gives a toothed appearance.
STIPE White and occasionally tapering and with a thick ring that has a scaly underside. 
GILLS/PORES White, reddening where damaged.  Crowded and free.
FLESH White with orange-reddish tinge in stem where cut.  Taste mild and with smell of crushed almonds when young.
SPORES Brown, ellipsoid.
HABITAT Grows in groups in pastures more often than not adjacent to woodland.
SEASON Occasional.  Summer to autumn.
EDIBILITY Edible. a

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