Verdigris Agaric

Stropharia aeruginosa – Poisonous

Forests, parks, rarely gardens. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 3-7 (10) cm across, slimy, scaly, bluish-green. Gills violet-brown, chocolate-coloured when old. Stem 4-10x0.3-2 cm, with a ring, the colour of the cap, fibrous-scaly. Flesh whitish, with an unpleasant smell and taste. Characteristic features: appears on rotten wood and decayed plant debris, in small groups. Grows on rotten wood, humus-rich soil and other rotten organic matter, several fruiting bodies together. Inedible or even mildly poisonous; some authors write that it is edible. Common.