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Author Topic: Mushroom in compost: what are they?  (Read 737 times)

Corrado & Rina

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Mushroom in compost: what are they?
« on: October 31, 2015, 11:10:57 AM »
Dear all,

I have got these mushrooms growing in the compost (fine conifer chips):

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Corrado & Rina

Chris Johnson

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Re: Mushroom in compost: what are they?
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2015, 03:58:06 PM »
These look like Tawny Grisette Amanita fulva but I can't see the base of the stem clearly. It should be growing from a sack-like structure called a volva.
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