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False Parasol mushroom

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

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

mushroom diagram

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Gills on Hymenium
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Cap is flat
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Hymenium free
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Stipe has a ring
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Spore print is cream, yellowish or green
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Ecology is saprophitic
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Edibility: Poisonous

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