Agaricus campestris
The field mushroom is a white-capped gilled mushroom closely related to the cultivated button mushroom. Its gills turn from pink to dark brown and its stem bears a single thin ring. It resembles the deadly destroying angel and the yellow stainer.
Fields and grassy areas after rain from late summer onwards, including lawns, singly, in small groups or fairy rings; rarely in woodland.
Reported from Europe, Asia, north Africa, Australia, New Zealand and North America, including Mexico.
Identification suggestions (from the community or from AI) and the information here may be wrong; this app never confirms that anything is safe to eat. Do not consume wild plants, mushrooms or seafood without expert confirmation. Nothing here is medical advice.
In France, people have been poisoned after mistaking the deadly destroying angel for this species.
Never eat a wild mushroom without showing it to an expert
No mushroom should be picked for eating based on this app or a photo. Deadly species look very like the ones foragers look for, and symptoms start hours later. If you suspect poisoning, call your local poison centre or emergency number right away (in Türkiye: 114).
Gills pink when young, then red-brown and finally dark brown; never pure white at any stage
A single thin ring on the stem but NO cup (volva) at the base; deadly destroying angels and the death cap have a basal cup and white gills
Dark brown spore print; deadly Amanita species leave a white print
Flesh bruises a dingy reddish brown when cut, unlike the chrome-yellow stain and inky/phenol smell of the yellow stainer
White cap 3-12 cm across; in lawns and pastures, rarely in woodland
Not known to be poisonous — still never eat it
The rungs scientists use to place living things by how closely related they are — from broad to narrow.