Shaggy parasol

Description:

Initially bun shaped, the cap of Chlorophyllum rhacodes expands and becomes convex. Only rarely do shaggy parasols open out completely flat. At maturity, the cap diameter ranges from 5 to 15cm. Its flesh reddens when cut. The gills are soft, white, free and crowded. If the gills are bruised or cut, they also turn reddish. The stem of a Shaggy Parasol is white, tinged with red-brown, and it rises eccentrically from a large bulbous base. The stem diameter is between 1,8 and 2,4cm, and the stem flesh turns reddish when cut or bruised. A movable white double ring, the same colour as the stem, sometimes falls to the base as the fruitbody matures.

Habitat:

Chlorophyllum rhacodes is saprobic and occurs in all kinds of woodland and sometimes in humous-rich disturbed soil in gardens.

Notes:

Spotted in Landgoed Hunderen in rural area of Twello, Holland. (sources:see reference)