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Wine-colored Agaricus
A forest Agaricus of western North America. Its pale cap is covered with wine-red to brownish fibrils, and its stem is shaggy with woolly scales below a skirt-like ring. The flesh does not stain or stains only weakly, and the odor is mild. Kerrigan places it in its own section, Subrutilescentes.
Edibility disputed. It is variously reported as edible, inedible or causing gastric upset, and some people react to it. Not recommended. Yellow-staining Agaricus species (section Xanthodermatei) are separated by yellowing flesh and a phenolic odor. Deadly Amanitas keep white gills, drop a white spore print and usually have a volva at the stem base.
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