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Australian Agaricus Mushrooms

Australian Agaricus Fungi

 The Agaricus genus of mushrooms include the common field mushroom & swiss brown.

Their gills stain dark brown with their dark brown spores.    The gills are free from the  stem which clean breaks from the fungi cap.    The stems of Agaricus fungi have a distinct ring,
are white or cream  and are quite fibrous but vary in fragility.   The skin can be white and smooth, wine coloured, pink or brown with small scales. It slightly overhangs the edge and is easily peeled right to the centre.

Most Agaricus fungi are edible but the edibility of some Australian species is unknown. 
FungiOz app includes several unidentified species.

It is very easy to mistake the poisonous yellow stainer, Agaricus Xanthodermis for an edible field mushroom. Click here for a detailed comparison between the yellow stainer and edible look-alikes. 

Agaricus austrovinaceous

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The underside of the Agaricus austrovinaceus mushroom
Purple cap colour of Agaricus austrovinaceusThe cap colour of the Agaricus austrovinaceus mushroom
 Cap: 10 cm, convex becoming flatter, with wine coloured minute scales, deeper at the centre but with a pale ring around margins that slightly extend beyond gills.

 Flesh: Slight reddish staining, especially above stem.

 Gills: Wine brown and darkening, free, close, smooth.

 Stem:  Solid, central, tapered upwards, with a wide floppy ring and white adhesions below.

 Found: Solitary to several, close to eucalypts.


Agaricus austrovinaceus mushroom, close up of close and free gills.
The close, free gills of the Agaricus austrovinaceus mushroom

Agaricus subrufescens

Agaricus subrnfescens fungi
Agaricus Subrufescens
Agaricus subrufesensAgaricus Subrufescens side-view
 Caps: To 20 cm, ovoid then broadly convex, then flat, reddish brown with flat scales,  skin peels, margin ragged, flesh white.

 Gills: Cream, then brown and darkening, free, close, smooth.


 Stem: Cylindrical, white with pinkish tinges especially under cap, becoming hollow, pendulous ring.

Smell: Of Almonds.

Spore print: Dark brown.

Found: On well composted, rich soils in shady places.



close-up of Agaricus Subrufescens young gills
Close-up of Agaricus Subrufescens young gills

Agaricus augustus

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 Caps: To 20 cm, ovoid then broadly convex, then flat, reddish brown with flat scales,  skin peels, margin ragged, flesh white.

 Gills: Cream, then brown and darkening, free, close, smooth, ringed.


 Stem: Cylindrical, white with pinkish tinges especially under cap, becoming hollow, pendulous ring.


Smell: Of Almonds.

Spore print: Dark brown.

Found:  In spring on well composted, rich soils in shady places.


View more Australian Agaricus Mushrooms on FungiOz app.

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