Macrolepiota procera

Cap	Initially spherical and pale brown with a darker brown area near the crown that breaks into scales, the cap expends until it is flat with a small umbo. The diameter at maturity varies between 10 and 25 cm.
Gills	The broad, crowded gills are white or pale cream and free, terminating some distance from the stipe.
Stipe	A large double ring persists around the stem but often becomes movable and falls to the base. The stem is smooth and white or cream but decorated with small brown scales that often give it a banded, snakeskin appearance. Inside the stem the tough, fibrous flesh is loosely packed, and sometimes the stem is hollow. Bulbous at the base, the stem tapers inwards towards the apex; the diameter ranges from 1 to 1.5 cm, and the stem height can be up to 30 cm.
Spore print	White or pale cream.
Odour/taste	Odour not distinctive; taste sweet.
Habitat	In woodland clearings and in grassy areas next to woodland.
Season	July to November.
Occurrence	Frequent.
Similar species	Macrolepiota rhacoides, the Shaggy Parasol, is smaller but with larger, reflexed scales and a stipe that lacks the brown patterning.