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Old 16-05-2013, 10:24 AM
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Nick just asked "how do you tell a yellow stainer from a field mushroom?"
If you cut a vertical slice through the stem, then the yellow stainer has a very bright yellow patch right at the bottom - so important to pick the whole thing, not slice it off. You can see it he Agaricus xanthodermus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They also smell horrible, which is likely enough to deter you from from eating them.