Scaly Wood Mushroom

Scaly Wood Mushroom Agaricus langei (F.H. Møller) F.H. Møller (illustrated 40% life size) Cap 4–12cm across, convex; densely covered in fine, rust-brown, fibrous scales. Stem 30–120×15–30mm; whitish with pink tinge; slightly mealy beneath the white, pendulous ring. Flesh white, gradually becoming bright red on cutting; taste and smell pleasant and mushroomy. Gills free; pale fawn-pink at first, becoming darker with age. Spores 7–9×3.5–5¼, elliptical. Spore print purple-brown. Cheilocystidia numerous, 20–50×10–30¼, tufted, ovate to broadly-clavate, thin-walled, hyaline or brownish. Habitat in coniferous or mixed woods; late summer to autumn. Occasional. Edible good.