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Spring Fieldcap
Agrocybe praecox is a medium-sized brown-spored saprobe that fruits mostly in late spring and early summer on wood chips, garden compost and disturbed ground. Its pale tan to yellow-brown cap, whitish-then-brown gills and thin skirt-like ring are typical. It is the type species of Agrocybe but belongs to a complex of look-alike species that are hard to separate on physical features alone.
Edibility disputed; not recommended. Sources call it bland or bitter and soft; some list it as edible if well cooked, while Roger Phillips lists it as inedible. Because it is a species complex, collections may include other taxa. Several small brown-spored mushrooms on wood chips look similar, including ringed Pholiotina species.
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