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The other blue mushrooms, Compton Verney

The other blue mushrooms, Compton Verney

A second set of blue mushrooms at Compton Verney. These were in the shade of a huge cedar, in the middle of the wide lawn directly in front of the big house.

The colour, much faded, washed out by repeated bouts of heavy rain, a greenish-blue, or blueish-green. The colour and the scaly stem indicate they are verdigris agarics, now sometimes also being called verdigris roundheads (Stropharia aeruginosa).