Agaricus silvaticus

Agaricus silvaticus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Agaricaceae
Genus: Agaricus
Species:
A. silvaticus
Binomial name
Agaricus silvaticus
Agaricus silvaticus
Gills on hymenium
Cap is flat
Hymenium attachment is not applicable
Stipe has a ring
Spore print is brown
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is not recommended

Agaricus silvaticus (or Agaricus sylvaticus), otherwise known as the scaly wood mushroom, blushing wood mushroom, or pinewood mushroom, is a species of mushroom often found in groups in coniferous forests from early summer, or September through to November in Europe, North Africa and North America.