On Sun, 3 Nov 2002 13:53:08 +0000 (UTC), Lynda Thornton
wrote:

In article , Kay Easton
writes
In article , Lynda Thornton
writes
Hi

There has been a sudden sprouting of quite large white mushrooms in our
front lawn - they have flat and sometimes wavy tops and are fairly plain
creamy beige colour - just wondered if anyone could identify them? I
don't have a good book on this and can't find a good website either?

They could be any of a number of different mushrooms. Are they coming
up at random, in clumps, or in a ring? What colour are the gills?
Don't be tempted to eat them - some of the lawn fungi are very
poisonous.

Hi

They are spreading randomly, the gills are the same colour as the top,
and they have an overall waxy appearance.

I certainly won't be eating them, I realise they are probably inedible
or poisonous, I was just curious, always interested in furthering my
knowledge of all things growing in the garden


Given the description and the habitat there's a strong possibility
that they might one of the Clitocybes ( funnel caps ).
There are about 90 or so species of Clitocybe.... about 10% are
poisonous.
In most cases, white gills are a bit of no-no with regard to
edibility.

Have a closer look at the gills... do they run down the stem a little
way?

Regards,



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