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Macrolepiota procera.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Coulemelle, Lépiote élevée, Parasol, Riesenschirmpilz
Macrolepiota procera Mushroom
Ref No: 7829
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Macrolepiota procera field Mushroom
Ref No: 7830
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Macrolepiota procera GK Mushroom
Ref No: 7831
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Lepiota procera2 Mushroom
Ref No: 9407
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Lepiota procera3 Mushroom
Ref No: 9409
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Lepiota procera4 Mushroom
Ref No: 9410
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Choice
fungus colour: White to cream
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Distinctly scaly
stem type: Ring on stem, Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides

Macrolepiota procera (Scop. ex Fr.) Sing. syn. Lepiota procera (Scop. ex Fr.) S.F. Gray syn. Leucocoprinus procerus (Scop. ex Fr.) Pat. Lépiote élevée, Coulemelle, Riesenschirmpilz, Parasol. Cap 10–25cm across, button spherical or egg-shaped expanding flattened with a prominent umbo, pale buff or grey-brown covered in darker shaggy scales. Stem 150–300´8–15mm, 40mm at the bulb, white, with a grey-brown felty covering which becomes split into snake-like markings as the stem expands; ring large, double, white on upper surface, brown below, movable on the stem. Flesh thin, soft, white. Taste sweet, smell slight, indistinctive. Gills free, white. Spore print white. Spores ovate with a germ-pore, dextrinoid, 15–20´10–13m. Habitat in open woods and pastures. Season summer and autumn. Uncommon. Edible – excellent. Distribution, America and Europe.


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Panayiota Alonnisos (Greece) - 12 November 2010

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Panayiota Alonnisos (Greece) - 12 November 2010

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Perma Ship (Bulgaria) - 21 October 2010

Bulgaria ,Stara Planina Oct 21st 2010
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 19 May 2009

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Ashley Watson (United Kingdom) - 13 April 2009

From late last summer.
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 24 October 2008

M. procera (top) and M. mastoidea (bottom)
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 24 October 2008

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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 24 October 2008

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Cat Stripes (France) - 13 October 2008

Parasol mushrooms picked 10/10/08 Cerisy la Foret, France.
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