Inky Mushroom Agaricus moelleri Wasser (illustrated 55% life size) Cap 5–9cm across, ovate at first, becoming expanded; whitish ground, bruising yellow, densely covered with tiny grey-brown scales, especially towards centre. Stem 60–90×10–12mm, bulbous; whitish, bruising yellow; initially covered in conspicuous flakes below the large membranous ring. Flesh white, discolouring faintly yellowish and later pale brown; taste and smell strong and unpleasant. Gills free; remaining light pink for a long time, at length blackish-brown. Spores 4–6×3–4¼, elliptical. Spore print brown. Cheilocystidia globose or pear-shaped, thin-walled, hyaline. Habitat in woods; summer. Occasional. Poisonous. Note in my first book I used the name that this fungus was then known by, Agaricus placomyces Peck.
