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Parasol Mushroom

Lepiota procera

Photo by SarahWhitt
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Field Notes

Description:

A large and impressive edible mushroom with a superb flavour. Commonly found on roadside verges, also at the edges of woods, as here in Dawes Arboretum. The caps are white at first but as they grow, the surface breaks into brown scales on a whitish background

Habitat:

Dawes Arboretum

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Comments (1)

YAY! Another ID!! Thanks, Clive!! Am gonna edit it now!
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PublishedJune 30, 2011

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