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Shaggy Parasol
Chlorophyllum brunneum
-37.8947, 145.313
Field Notes
Description:
A robust mushroom with a large white cap (119mm wide) with brown concentrically arranged flakes and fibrils on it. The stipe had a frilly ring which was brown on the underside. the stipe thickened to a bulbous base. Gills were white and crowded. An emerging brown mushroom cap showed deep brown flakes in the centre cracking-up towards the margin.
Habitat:
Spotted under a conifer.
Notes:
This mushroom had been uprooted but still intact.
Said to be common in gardens and compost heaps. Grows under pine and eucalypts.
Reference Links:
California Fungi: Chlorophyllum brunneum
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJune 2, 2013
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