• Commonly known as the Spring Fieldcap or, in some older field guides, as the Spring Agaric, Agrocybe praecox is one of a complex group of fungi that are very difficult to separate in the field. (first-nature.com)
  • The currently accepted scientific name Agrocybe praecox dates from 1889, when Swiss mycologist Victor Fayod (1860 - 1900) transferred it to the new genus Agrocybe that he established with Agrocybe praecox as the type species. (first-nature.com)
  • Agrocybe praecox is considered edible if well cooked, but it is said by some to retain a bitter taste and is of very poor quality. (first-nature.com)
  • Agrocybe praecox is an early-fruiting mushroom appearing late spring and is recognized by a tan-brown to biscuit brown, smooth to cracked in dry weather, sometimes appendiculate cap (3-6 cm broad), closed gills, and tendency to have pallid rhizomorphs (root-forms) at the base. (citscihub.nz)
  • Agrocybe praecox is one of a complex group of fungi that are very difficult to separate in the field. (citscihub.nz)
  • Spring Fieldcap fungus is another decomposer and is working hard to turn these wood chips into soil. (enchantednaturetours.com)
  • Here's a couple of photographs, taken by Marion, of an uncommon fungus, Poplar Fieldcap (Agrocybe cylindracea) we found yesterday, fruiting on the root of a poplar tree in Green Park, Bath. (bathnats.org.uk)