White Parasol 

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Fungi
Agaricomycetes
Agaricaceae
Macrolepiota 
zeyheri
Agaricales

Description

The White Parasol mushroom is easy to identify. It is 'off-white; in colour and has a flat cap. The cap size can vary from 4 to 10 centimeters across and often has loose scales on the cap surface that are tan in colour and are easily detached. The hymenium is free. The stipe is hollow and it's length can vary from 3 to 8 centimeters and 1 to 2 centimeters in diameter. 

The White Parasol mushroom appears after a good rain on grassy pastures.

Gills on Hymenium

Stipe has a ring

Edibility: Choice

Cap is convex or flat

Spore print is white with a pinkish tint

Hymenium is free

Ecology is saprotrophic

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