Green Mountain Colorado Mushrooms

Photos by Terry J. Crebs, Amateur Mycologist and former Book Chair of the Colorado Mycological Society.

WARNING -- Do not eat any mushroom from any yard where weed-killing herbicides or insect-killing pesticides are applied!

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Ma'am on Motorcycle Wright's front lawn; 3-Oct-2004; Lepiota naucina -- NOT Edible for everyone! Note Ring and white gills.	Fairy Ring Mushroom 1 Klobus' front lawn; 25-Sep-05; Marasmius oreades -- "Ring" over 2 feet across
Fairy Ring Mushroom 2 Klobus' lawn, 25-Sep-05; Marasmius oreades -- An Excellent Edible. Note that caps are about 1-inch wide.	Meadow Mushroom 1 Darlene's side yard; 25-Sep-05; Agaricus campestris aka "Meadow Mushroom" and yard-stick
Meadow Mushroom 2 Darlene's grass; 25-Sep-05; Agaricus campestris -- Very Excellent Edible. Note pink gills when young, but turn brown with age. Spores brown.	Oyster Mushroom 1 Crebs' front yard; 25-Sep-05; Pleurotus ostreatus. Growing from old cottonwood tree stump beneath the grass.
Oyster Mushroom 2 Crebs' yard; 25-Sep-05 Pleurotus ostreatus. Very Choice Edible. Note white gills. Oysters like this one which grow in full sunlight often have tan-to-brown colored caps.

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