Mushroom Collections

Mushroom Picture
Agaricus purpureosquameus
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Common Name: none

Pileus - ellipsoidal at first, then becomes broad convex to flattened when mature, margin entire, upper surface covered with fibrillose scales

Stipe - cylindrical, hollow, white, centrally attached to the pileus, annulus present.

Spores - brown

Ecology - saprophyte on leaf litters and soil, solitary

Edibility - not edible

Occurrence - Mango Plantation, CLSU Campus

No location available