In my experience, they just about grow everywhere in garden beds / parks where woodchips cover the ground. Younger specimens can have creamy colored gills, definitely not always dark. There is quite alot of variability in the species...once found in the bush are alot different to those found in suburbia. The main things i look for when unsure are
1. gill shape and pattern ..Straight gills..creamy or dark purple/black
2. stem is white
3. caramel top/ usually with a nipple...older dryer ones can be white like the OP's pic and also no nipple
4.if all else fails purple spore print. (when learning should spore print all pickings IMO for safety)
I consider myself pretty good at ID after a few years looking...and even now i come across some that i'm unsure about...if i can't be bothered spore printing i just leave them...honestly once you really get into hunting there is no need to risk it over a couple of shrooms.
*******Just as a warning, there are species that grow in the same areas as shrooms that are VERY DANGEROUS if eaten...so until you are sure about what you are doing, spore print everything you find and you will be ok. The added bonus of printing everything is you can collect all the spores from the paper, add to some water and inoculate your own yard
