Mushroom Type Edible  
    
Latin Name Agaricus augustus 
    
Season Start August  
Season End November  
    
Maximum height (CM) 20 
Maximum width (CM) 20 
    
Smell Nutty and almond-like. 
Gills Starting white to pink, maturing to dark brown. Crowded. Not attached to the stem. 
Spore Print Purple/chocolate brown. Ellipsoid. 
Stem White to pale cream and smooth above the large, pendulous ring and covered in small brown scales below. 
Cap Spherical when young becoming convex. Covered in concentric chestnut brown scales on a white to pale yellow background. 
Flesh White sometimes with a red tinge. 
Habitat Mixed woodland and lawns and roadsides. 
Taste Good. Mushroomy. 
Possible Confusion Agaricus moelleri looks similar but the chemical, unpleasant smell of the flesh of this mushroom should keep you safe.
 The Prince also looks a little like some of the Lepiotas but these always have white/off white gills not the pink to brown gills of the Agaric family.