St George's Mushroom - Calocybe gambosa
Cap white, often irregularly wavy and sometimes cracking, margin inrolled. Stem quite short and wide. Gills whitish, very numerous and crowded. Has a strong smell of rancid meal.
Found in a variety of habitats, sometimes in short grass, or on fairly bare ground beneath trees, even in wooded areas.
Said to be found on 23 April, St George's Day, whence it gets its name although often maturing a little later
Fairly frequent throughout Britain.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Gilroes Cemetery
06 May 2012 Calocybe gambosa. (St George's Mushroom) Gravel Pit SP 4852 9395 (taken 12.5.2006)...JPG)
Graham Calow
Hinckley Road Gravel Pit, Sapcote
12 May 2006
David Nicholls
Gilroes Cemetery
06 May 2012 Calocybe gambosa (St George's Mushroom) Gravel Pit SP 4852 9395 (taken 12.5.2006)..JPG)
Graham Calow
Hinckley Road Gravel Pit, Sapcote
12 May 2006
 Calocybe gambosa. (St George's Mushroom) Gravel Pit SP 4852 9395 (taken 12.5.2006)...JPG)
 Calocybe gambosa (St George's Mushroom) Gravel Pit SP 4852 9395 (taken 12.5.2006)..JPG)
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Species profile
- Common names
- St. George's Mushroom, St George's Mushroom
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Lyophyllaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 33
- First record:
- 12/05/2006 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 05/05/2024 (Hollingworth, Jane)
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