Shaggy Parasol - Chlorophyllum rhacodes
Cap is domed initially, expanding to become convex, rarely flat. It has large upturned brownish scales on the pale cap with a smooth brown area in the centre. The stipe is smooth, lacking the snakeskin pattern of the Parasol. There is a large soft ring which can often be moved up and down the stem. Flesh turning red when cut, gills bruise reddish or brownish. Spore print is pale cream.
other Parasol mushrooms (Macrolepiota and Chlorophyllum)
ID can be difficult from photos, and it may help if your record is verified by an expert from a specimen before submitting to NatureSpot. Also photograph from top down, in side view and underneath to show gills and full length of stipe, including bulbous base; note habitat
Shady places such as woods and hedgerows.
Autumn
Fairly common in Britain
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Shaggy Parasol
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Agaricaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 133
- First record:
- 07/06/2006 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 18/11/2025 (Hollingworth, Jane)
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