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Salty Mushroom
A stocky, salt-tolerant Agaricus of coastal dunes, salt marshes and coastal grassland that has spread inland along road verges where de-icing salt is used. The whitish cap often cracks into coarse brownish scales, and the thick, firm flesh slowly turns reddish when cut. Fruit bodies sometimes develop partly underground.
Edible; described as good but not highly prized, with a stronger, chewier texture than button mushrooms. Can accumulate metals such as silver near mines and smelters, and roadside collections may be polluted, so collect only from clean sites. The poisonous Yellow Stainer (A. xanthodermus) turns chrome yellow when the stem base is cut and smells of ink or phenol. Separate from deadly white Amanitas by the brown gills and spore print and lack of a volva.
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