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Hello to all lovers of mushrooms. Here I present a short photographic essay of a species
of a common field and lawn species of a toxic mushrooms. This mushroom can be found in cosmoplitan
distribution around the world in many habitats. It is common on lawns and fields (rice paddies) in South
and southeast Asia, Australasia, the U.S.A., European countries and Africa. The species in question is
known as Chlorophyllum molybdites, also referred to as 'Morgans Lepiota' and by its common name of
'green gills,' so named because its gills began to turn a light olive green with age as seen in the third
photo in this short essay. In Florida, it is the number one mushrooms accidently ingested as Psilocybe cubensis.
Thus making it the number one toxic accidentally consumed mushroom in Florida state. While this species is
mentioned in a majority of Thai Mushroom Field Guides, we currently have no statistics of its ingestion in Thailand.
This particular mushroom featured in this pictorial was found on a lawn strip measuring 3 x 6 feet in length in
front of Mr. Samui's Batik Shoppe at the Road entrance to the Samui Resort known as Hat Chewang
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