Yellow-staining mushroom

Agaricus xanthodermus

Русское название: Шампиньон желтокожий

A poisonous Agaricus that may cause severe gastrointestinal symptoms. It can resemble edible relatives, and no single visual test guarantees a correct identification. A suspect wild mushroom should never be treated as food.

✳ Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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Safety information

Never decide to eat a wild mushroom from a photograph or online description. A mistake can be fatal. For mushroom ingestion or suspected poisoning, contact emergency medical services or a poison centre immediately, even if symptoms have not appeared.

Irish Poisons Centre mushroom safety ↗

◎Distribution

Europe; introduced in other regions

♧Habitat

Lawns, gardens, parkland and nutrient-rich soil

✺Identification limits

Images and brief descriptions are for learning, not for reliably identifying a specimen. Take particular care with poisonous plants and mushrooms.

Further reading and image creditsAgaricus xanthodermus — Wikipedia overview ↗Photo, author and license — Wikimedia Commons ↗

Identification is never guaranteed by a photo. Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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