Conservation Status: Not of concern

Edibility: A. praecox is edible but often has a somewhat bitter taste.

A. praecox is edible but often has a somewhat bitter taste.

A. acericola has a dark yellow cap, better developed persistent ring, and is found on logs and buried wood. A. dura is hard to distinguish macroscopically; it has larger spores (10--14 x 6.5--7.5 versus 8.5--10.5 x 5.5--6.5 µm) and somewhat fatter cheilocystidia and pleurocystidia. Agrocybe smithii also has larger spores (11-13 x 5-7 µm) and lacks a partial veil.

Common Name: Fayod

Sources: Trudell, Steve and Joe Ammirati. Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest, Timber Press, Inc. 2009.