Mushroom Type Edible  
    
Common Name 2 Meadow mushroom 
Latin Name Agaricus campestris 
    

    
Maximum height (CM) 8 
Maximum width (CM) 10 
    
Smell Pleasant and mushroomy.
 
Gills Starting deep pink and turning to dark brown. Crowded. 
 
Spore Print Brown. Ovoid.
 
Stem White and smooth above the ring, slightly scaley below, tapering at the base. The ring is delicate and only traces of it can usually be found.
 
Cap White, sometimes discoloured grey/brown, can be scaley or smooth. Starting spherical and opening out flat. Can bruise slightly pink.
 
Flesh White, bruising slightly pink.
 
Habitat Pasture, meadows, lawns, road verges and parks.
 
Taste Mushroomy.
 
Possible Confusion The Yellow Stainer, Agaricus xanthodermus but it stains chrome yellow when bruised or cut and smells of Indian ink or Agaricus pilatianus which also stains yellow and smells of carbolic. Both do not smell edible. Can look similar to some of the Amanitas wh