Parasol Mushroom - Macrolepiota procera
The cap in intially almost spherical, but expands into a flat cap with a small central bump, or umbo. It can be very large. The cap is pale buff with numerous darker coarse scales. It has a long stipe with a zig-zag snakeskin pattern and a bulbous base. There is a large soft ring which may be moved up and down the stem. The flesh does not turn red when cut. The spore print is white or pale cream.
Other Parasols - the Shaggy Parasol Chlorophyllum rhacodes does not have a snakeskin-patterned stipe.
Photos taken from side and top down
Grows on the ground in woods and fields.
Late summer and autumn
Fairly common in Britain
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Agaricaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 86
- First record:
- 18/09/2008 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 25/10/2025 (David Wright)
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