Parasol mushroom
Macrolepiota procera
Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Macrolepiota procera
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Agaricaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Domed, Flat
- Stem
- Ring
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Broadleaf forest, Meadow
- Spore print
- White
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- It can stand up to about 40 cm tall, one of the largest mushrooms of European meadows and woodland edges.
- A fruit body can grow from a small egg-shaped knob to a full parasol in just a few days.
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Similar fungi
- Button mushroom
Agaricus bisporus
- Yellow stainer
Agaricus xanthodermus
- Horse mushroom
Agaricus arvensis
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q243381 · All fungi · All entries