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Field Notes

Description:

Large white mushroom

Habitat:

An abandoned lot in an urban area

Species ID Suggestions

green spore "lepiota"

Chlorophyllum molybdites

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KarenSaxton
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Comments (3)
KarenSaxton
Best guess, anyway... do a spore print(take the cap and lay it on the white paper with a bowl over it, spore side down, overnight). Greenish brown spores, it is the green spore lep. White spore print it is the parasol mushroom or shaggy parasol.. probably edible

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PublishedJuly 27, 2011

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