Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Agaricaceae
Species: Agaricus moelleri Wasser
Synonyms: Agaricus meleagris
Agaricus meleagris var. terricolor
Agaricus placomyces
Agaricus placomyces var. terricolor
Agaricus praeclaresquamosa var. terricolor
Agaricus praeclaresquamosus
Agaricus praeclaresquamosus var. praeclaresquamosus
Agaricus praeclaresquamosus var. terricolor
Agaricus preclavesquamosus
Agaricus xanthodermus var. obscuratus
Agaricus xanthodermus var. terricolor
Psalliota meleagris
Psalliota placomyces
Psalliota xanthoderma var. obscurata
Psalliota xanthoderma var. terricolor
Common Name: Inky Mushroom


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Agaricus moelleriPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

Photographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Built-up areas (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (1)
September (1)
November (1)