From: dimitar@pontix.com   
      
   Looks like an A. augustus -- the color fo the gills when young is exactly   
   that. But to be sure, waiting a day or two makes sense.   
      
           D.   
      
      
   But to be sure, wait a day or two -- they should become pink and then   
   chokolate brown.   
    wrote in message   
   news:1148709530.763094.271240@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   > After seeing the first photo, I was going to congratulate you on a   
   > beautiful Agaricus augustus. But such a fungus would have dark   
   > brown/purple/purple-black gills. Your fungus does not. Ergo Agaricus   
   > augustus it is NOT.   
   >   
   > So, what _is_ it? I'm not certain. It lacks the volva that a typical   
   > Amanita would have, and scales are unusual in Amanita. Still, it has   
   > white or whitish gills.   
   >   
   > Without getting a spore print, I'm not incriminating myself further.   
   > Take pictures, but don't eat.   
   >   
   > Daniel B. Wheeler   
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