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I'm not looking it up to see if it's edible so much as see if it's something
I need to be wary of regarding the kids, chickens, etc. It reminded me of
an amanita such as a destroying angel (seemed flatter than that) or a death
cap (more white), but also looked like a field mushroom with white gills.
Any ring? Agaricus NVER have white gills and always have a ring.

You mean on the stem where it opened up from? Yes.
But it absolutely defintiely had white gills.

Probably Lepiota (parasol mushroom genus), but possibly Armillaria
(honey fungus genus). Quite possibly an edible parasol mushroom,
as I think someone said, and almost certainly non-lethal. But it
is a good rule NEVER to eat a fungus without being certain of
EXACTLY what it is.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.