From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   Scott L wrote:   
   > dwhee...@ipns.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>I am not positive of my identification. But pretty sure. All of your   
   >>photograhs look to me like either Agaricus subrufescens or A.   
   >>subrutilescens.   
   >   
   >>Should have an aroma of almonds.   
   >   
   > Those were actually my first guesses, but I don't smell almonds. I may   
   > cautiously eat a tiny bit tonight. So, what's your verdict on the   
   > white one? Just a different color variety?   
   >   
      
   I find A. subrufescens much earlier in the season.  I've never found it   
   this late on the east coast (Virginia).  It tends to be *very* yellow,   
   and has a *very* strong aroma of almonds.  I find it in early July.   
   And, the cap hardly ever exceeds 2".  It is among my favorite mushrooms;   
   See:   
   http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=718096334&size=l   
      
      
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