English:
Sulphur knight; Gas agaric; Stinker; Sulfur Trich.
Synonym: Agaricus sulphureus.
Region: Europe, China, North America.
Habitat: deciduous woods, particularly beech.
Content: skatole.
Use: inedible, poisonous.
MycologyEcology: mycorrhizal.
Type: unusual, complex smell likened to Jasmine, Narcissus, Hyacinth, Hemerocallis flava, Lilac, Tagetes, decayed hemp, coal gas, nauseating or foetid; taste is bitter; spring to autumn.
Cap: convex; bright yellow; with a vague umbo up to 8 cm;
Stipe: bare
Hymenium: adnexed; thick, sinuate gills on hymenium
Spore print: white.