It's been raining quite a bit lately and while I was out jogging at the park I noticed mushrooms everywhere. All white, but three different species.
I wish I had time to ID this one. There were quite a few.
One of the features used to ID mushrooms is the texture and moisture of the cap. I tried to get a good picture of this ones slimy cap but it may not be as noticable as it was in person. So with this particular mushroom along with the usual spore print, habitat, weather, food source, elevation, season, stipe/gill structure etc an immediate characteristic to drastically narrow down the possible species would be the slimy cap. And I am slacking these days because I'm not even coming up with a possible genus, but anyways, interesting specimen.
Partial fairy ring from the above species.
Probably Chlorophyllum molybdites aka green-spored parasol. The normal Parasol mushroom is considered a good edible while this one is also probably pretty good although it's toxic so tasting is not advised. The gills showed a slight green tinge which is a good sign that it's off limits. Think nature's Mr. Yuck for those old enough to remember that reference.
Agaricus fairy ring.
Top of cap of Agaricus mushroom.
Older specimen.
Full open cap spores have not dropped enough to noticeably discolor gills.
Partial veil tearing as cap begins to open.
Fully intact partial veil of young Agaricus.
This Agaricus species shows obvious similarities to the Agaricus button mushrooms we buy in stores.
Showing how the gills change color with age. Either due only to the spores dropping or perhaps also some type of aging process I don't know. Usually it's the spores.