Stropharia aeruginosa, commonly known as the blue-green stropharia, [1] or verdigris agaric, is a medium-sized green, slimy woodland mushroom, found on lawns, mulch and woodland from spring to autumn.

White scales adorn young caps of this remarkable fungus. This attractive mushroom is a rare find and very localised in Britain and Ireland, occurring mainly in alkaline areas of humus-rich Beech woodland and parkland. These striking mushrooms are found throughout mainland Europe and they are also recorded in parts of North America.

Unlike the parrot mushroom, however, Stropharia aeruginosa has purple-gray to purple-black gills, a purple-black spore print, and a sheathing ring on the stem (at least when young).

Stropharia aeruginosa is a medium-sized blue-green, slimy woodland mushroom, found on lawns, mulch, and woodland from spring to autumn. The edibility of this mushroom is controversial - some sources claim that it is edible, while others claim it to be poisonous, although effects are little known and its toxic constituents undescribed.

Stropharia aeruginosa, commonly known as the Verdigris Agaric, is a striking blue-green mushroom often found in grassy areas and on decaying wood. It is known for its slimy cap, purple-brown spore print, and potential toxicity, making it …

The genus Stropharia (sometimes known by the common name roundheads) is a group of medium to large agarics with a distinct membranous ring on the stipe. Well-known members of this genus include the edible Stropharia rugosoannulata and the blue-green verdigris agarics (Stropharia aeruginosa and allies).

Verdigris roundhead (Stropharia aeruginosa). The verdigris roundhead is a beautiful blue-green mushroom. It is very easy to identify, although it looks similar to the Blue roundhead (Stropharia caerulea). Both species are known to be poisonous.

Both have viscid, bluish green caps that fade to yellowish, white stipes, typical purplish brown stropharia spores, and grow in wood chips, other landscape settings, and in disturbed portions of natural habitats such as along forest trailsides.

Stropharia aeruginosa, commonly known as the verdigris agaric, is a medium-sized green, slimy woodland mushroom, found on lawns, mulch and woodland from spring to autumn.

Stropharia aeruginosa, also known as Verdigris Roundhead, is a medium-sized agaric with a slimy, blue-green cap, scaly stem with ring and pale or purple-brown gills. The mushroom grows in small trooping groups on soil, often amongst grass, in woods, pastures and heaths.