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  • synonyms: Green-gilled Lepiota
    Chlorophyllum molybdites Mushroom
    Ref No: 7406
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    location: North America
    edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
    fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
    normal size: over 15cm
    cap type: Convex to shield shaped
    stem type: Ring on stem, Bulbous base of stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter
    flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged
    spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
    habitat: Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

    Chlorophyllum molybdites (Mayer ex Fr.) Mass. Lepiota morganii (Pk.) Sacc. Green-gilled Lepiota. Cap 5-30cm across, hemispherical to broadly convex becoming flatter; whitish underneath, covered with thin layers of pale pinkish-buff volval tissue which breaks up into many small scales and patches as the cap expands; dry, smooth or minutely hairy below, with scales curling upward in age. Gills free, close, broad; whitish slowly becoming dirty gray-green or darker. Stem 50-250 x 8-25mm, sometimes enlarging toward the base; whitish, slowly becoming dingy gray; smooth. Veil membranous, large, white, leaving double edged, persistent pendant ring on the upper stalk. Flesh thick; white, discoloring dingy red when bruised. Odor faint and pungent or none. Taste mild or none. Spores ovoid or ellipsoid, smooth, thick-walled with small germ pore at tip, 8-13 x 6.5-8µ. Deposit green. No pleurocystidia. Habitat often forming fairy rings on grassy places such as lawns, meadows, and wasteland. Found widely distributed in North America but very common in the Gulf Coast area and Colorado. Season July-September. Poisonous. Comment Many people have reported this mushroom as edible, but it definitely contains toxins. These may be reduced by boiling, which may account for some people's eating it without symptoms of vomiting, cramps, and diarrhea.

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    Ray Givler (United States) - 28 August 2024

    From Seibert Park, Camp Hill, PA - near the tunnel on 8/27/09.
    Chlorophyllum molybdites
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