Cap |
Initially bun shaped, the cap expands and
becomes convex. Only rarely do Shaggy Parasols open out completely flat.
At maturity, the cap diameter ranges from 5 to 15 cm. |
Gills |
The gills are soft, white, free and crowded.
If the gills are bruised or cut, they turn reddish - as also does the
cap flesh if it is cut. |
Stipe |
The hollow stem is white, tinged with
red-brown, and the stem rises eccentrically from a large bulbous base.
The stem diameter is between 1.8 and 2.4 cm.
A movable white double ring, the same colour as the stem, sometimes
falls to the base as the fruitbody matures. |
Spore print |
White or pale cream. |
Odour/taste |
Taste not distinctive; odour quite strong
and pleasant. |
Habitat |
In all kinds of woodland and sometimes in
hedgerows. |
Season |
June to October. |
Occurrence |
Frequent. |
Similar species |
- Macrolepiota procera, the Parasol Mushroom, has smaller
scales and a brown and white pattern, oftein like snakeskin, on the
stem.
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