Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Agaricaceae: Agaricus placomyces Peck

Agaricus placomyces – Flat-cap Agaric

Synonyms: Fungus placomyces, Psalliota placomyces.

Common names: Flat-cap Agaric, inky mushroom.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Agaricus placomyces is a large mushroom that resides mainly in the woodlands.

Piedmontese: Agaricus praeclaresquamosus, Polish: Pieczarka płaska, Russian: Шампиньон плоскошляпковый, Ukrainian: Печериця темно-луската отруйна.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Mushrooms Agaricus placomyces(?) near a wooded path in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 30, 2020
1705 Valley View Dr, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Mushrooms Agaricus placomyces in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, September 16, 2020
303 W Brookside Dr, Bryan, TX 77801, USA

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.
• There is a Wikipedia article about this species.

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