St. Georges Mushroom??

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St. Georges Mushroom??

Post: # 284458Post penny_bun »

Found this growing under an apple tree in the lawn in my back garden earlier.

Could it possibly be St. Georges mushroom?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/ ... 030064.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/ ... 030065.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/ ... 030066.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/ ... 030067.jpg

any ideas..?

Thanks in advance

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Re: St. Georges Mushroom??

Post: # 284475Post diggernotdreamer »

I don't think these are St George mushrooms, I found some the other day and they look different to what you have, I was looking in Roger Phillips mushroom book

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Re: St. Georges Mushroom??

Post: # 284476Post Zech »

I don't know St George's mushrooms very well (I've only found them once, and then I wasn't sure enough to pick more than one), but those look a little small to me. Have you done a spore print? I found some recently that I thought might be St George's, but the piece of cap that I left on a sheet of white paper dropped a distinctly brown print of spores by the next morning, so that ruled it out. The gills looked white when I picked it, but darkened later. I'm wondering if you might have the same thing. I don't know what it is, but not St George's.
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