Cap
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The large white caps of this edible mushroom
are initially spherical and then convex before flattening completely at
maturity.
Cap diameter when fully developed ranges from 6 to 14 cm. |
Gills
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White at first, the free gills turn
greyish-pink and then chocolate brown as the spores mature. |
Stipe
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5 to 8 cm tall and 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter
with a small bulb at the base, the stipe is white at first and turns
yellow-grey as the fruit body matures. |
Spore print
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Chocolate brown. |
Odour/taste
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Taste not distinctive; odour of aniseed. |
Habitat
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In all kinds of woodland, usually in
trooping groups. |
Season
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August to November. |
Occurrence
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Frequent. |
Similar species
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- Agaricus arvensis, the
Horse Mushroom, is similar in appearance and also has an aniseed
smell; it appears in grassland, often growing in rings.
- Agaricus xanthodermus
quickly stains chrome yellow, especially when the base of the stipe
is cut; it smells of ink or iodine rather than of aniseed.
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