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Macrolepiota procera.
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| synonyms: Coulemelle, Lépiote élevée, Nagy őzlábgomba, Parasol, Riesenschirmpilz |
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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
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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, Nagy őzlábgomba, 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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Pedro Umbelino (Portugal) - 03 November 2015
Foto of several Macrolepiota Procera. Portugal 03-11-2015
Comment for user Win Sweeney:
Your photo seems like Macrolepiota Venenata, poisonous. It should oxidate to red when cut.
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Win Sweeney (United Kingdom) - 13 August 2015
Hi,
No idea about this one found growing with my tomatoes. Think its some sort of parasol but is it edible?
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Rob Evans (United Kingdom) - 10 September 2014
Underside of Parasol (Macroplepiota procera) showing ring and gill structure. Heath on Cannock Chase found in large troops August 2014.
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Lazar Payakoff (Bulgaria) - 27 October 2013
Macrolepiota procera, Gabrovo, Bulgaria. 20. 10. 2013
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Tudor Ioana (Romania) - 16 December 2012
Ioana Tudor si Paul Covic, Romania, 16 decembrie 2012
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Chris Turner (United Kingdom) - 26 October 2012
Saw this in Jersey, October, 2012, growing in a hedgerow
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Ben Adams (United Kingdom) - 14 October 2012
Lone parasol amongs nettles - part of huge number. Berkshire, UK
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Ben Adams (United Kingdom) - 14 October 2012
Four Parasols from the same area - there were over 40!. Various stages of opening.. Berkshire, UK
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Ben Adams (United Kingdom) - 14 October 2012
A few of a huge group of Parasols in a little copse, next to sheep grazing land in Berkshire, UK
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Spence Roberts (United States) - 07 September 2012
memphis tn. only found in one four foot sq. patch over a gas leak. 15-20 cm.
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phyllis davis (United States) - 04 September 2012
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phyllis davis (United States) - 04 September 2012
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phyllis davis (United States) - 04 September 2012
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Lyubomir Radoev (Bulgaria) - 11 December 2011
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Lyubomir Radoev (Bulgaria) - 11 December 2011
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ronnie plews (France) - 25 November 2011
Found 13th Nov at an altitude of 1309metres in the Cantal,France
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Marjan Kustera (Yugoslavia) - 24 July 2011
Find and photo taken by Marjan Kustera -KUKI,Niš,SERBIA
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Greg Clarke (Bulgaria) - 12 January 2011
Bulgaria Stara Planina November
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Greg Clarke (Bulgaria) - 12 January 2011
Bulgaria August 2009
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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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