Thursday is the day our groundskeepers come and mow all the patches of grass in our section of the neighborhood. Luckily, I made it outside in the early hours of sunlight before chopped any signs of shrooms away.
To my the surprise, a double stroke of luck arrived by way of a heavy overnight mist. It floated in from the ocean bringing a welcome relief from a Southern California heat wave!
As for the growth of mushrooms, they popped up all over the patches of grass where the neighbors' doggies like to make their Doo Doo.
Pleated Inkcap
Aka The Little Japanese Umbrella, these small and delicate shrooms made an appearance in plenty. From a distance, I nearly took these tiny shrooms for Dandelions growing in the grass.
They sure do look like little opaque umbrellas. On the Mushroom App, they are identified scientifically as Parasola plicatilus.
Mower's Mushrooms
What a cool formation of decay that the image of the shroom above depicts. It looks something similar to the maw of an ancient creature. See the three teeth protruding down from the top?
Returning to Shroom ID App, it labels this specimen as the same variety. A Mower's mushroom, aka Haymaker or Brown Hay mushroom. Scientifically, they go by Panaeolina foenisecii.
Say that three times fast!!
False Parasol
One of these made it into a previous post. The False parasol seems to do okay growing between the blades of grass. I was surprised to find the last one growing in the heat of the sun.
This cap is also know as the Green-spored parasol, Vomiter, or Green-spored lepiota. It goes by the scientific name Chlorophyllum molybdites.
(Not So) Common Fieldcap
It may be a Common Fieldcap, but the instance of the fly and its shadow are anything but. The sun had to be shining just right. The fly seemed to be enjoying time sitting on its chosen pedestal.
I like how the bottom of the cap flares out on this particular shroom. It doesn't seem to go by any other names beside it scientific one, Agrocybe pediades.
Olive Shaggy Parasol?
Last but not least, we ran into this ragged mushroom this morning. While on a short walk with my youngest son, we found it hiding under a row of bushes.
I dig this image with the small leaf and sprout of groundcover growing beside the mushroom. It almost makes it look like a Bansai tree.
Due to the state of this shroom's deterioration, I wonder if the ID App has it correct. Whether or not it is in fact an Olive shaggy parasol doesn't take anything away from the capture.
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The first mushroom looks quite artistic