False Parasol mushroom

Scientific Classification

Kingdom:
Class: Agaricomycetes
Family:Agaricaceae
Genus:Chlorophyllum
Species:C. molybdites 
Order:Agaricales

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Description

The False parasol mushroom has a convex cap at full maturity, that grows from 5 to 40 centimeters in diameter. The gills are white when young and turn green with age. The mushroom turns a dingy red when bruised. The stipe grows from 5 to 25 centimeters tall and 1 to 4 centimeters in diameter. This mushroom grows alongside the edible Parasol mushroom. The Parasol mushroom has a white spore print, turns pink when bruised and has a mushroom odour. - See more at: http://www.mushroomguru.co.za/false-parasol.html#sthash.fRgOOjkE.dpuf

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Gills on Hymenium

Cap is flat

Hymenium free

Stipe has a ring

Spore print is cream, yellowish or green

Ecology is saprophitic

Edibility: Poisonous

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