- Cap first convex, then expanded, creamy-white, turning yellowish with age or handling.
- Gills first grayish-white, later gray-pink and finally black-brown.
- Stem white, cylindrical, smooth, with a thin hanging ring.
- The underside of the ring soon cracks open in a cogwheel-like pattern.
Agaricus
Horse Mushroom
Agaricus arvensis
LC
Least concern
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows in lawns, forest edges, parks, gardens and other open grasslands.
Notes
A good edible mushroom, but can contain high levels of the heavy metal cadmium and should therefore not be consumed too frequently.
Similar species
Knölchampinjon has a swollen stem base, edible.
Vit kungschampinjon has a ring with a flocked underside, edible.
Giftchampinjon turns bright yellow upon scratching and has an unpleasant smell, toxic.
Vit flugsvamp is deadly poisonous, with white gills and a volva.
Vit kungschampinjon has a ring with a flocked underside, edible.
Giftchampinjon turns bright yellow upon scratching and has an unpleasant smell, toxic.
Vit flugsvamp is deadly poisonous, with white gills and a volva.
