Taxonomy

Common name :
Field mushroom Red List Status -
Least Concern (LC) , assessed in 26/02/2018Description
Pileus: convex; 45 mm diameter; white; glabrous; neither reddening nor yellowing; margin appendiculate.
Stipe: cylindrical, tapering to base; 45 × 10 mm; white, shining; glabrous; ring 2/3rds up stipe, thin white pendulous.
Gills: free; deep pink to start with, becoming brown and finally black; lamellulae of two lengths present but mostly in only one series intercalated between gills.
Spore print:dark brown.
Spores: ellipsoid; 7.3 - 9.2 × 5.3 - 6.1 µm; germ pore absent; thick walled.
Notes: these medium-sized white fungi with bright pink, free gills when young
are readily recognised as Agaricus.
