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Chlorophyllum brunneum
Solid thick pileus, flat, rounded at marhin, pointy dark scales about 120mm diameter, thick straight stipe with frill and bulbous at base (within woodchip mulch) gills notched crowded white; up to 160mm tall
Suburban woodchip mulch.
C. rhacodes (a very close relative) is known as Shaggy parasol elsewhere in the world but in Australia and California the most common version is C. brunneum
Spotted on Jun 17, 2012
Submitted on Jun 17, 2012
6 Comments
nice click
Thanks Emma & Mayra. @martinl I've since found other instances of this one in Australia but the spotters couldn't confirm ID either. Here's a good example... http://www.thegourmetforager.com/2010/11...
Wow!!!! Great spot, Argy!
Hi martin. You might be right thanks. I thought lepiotas but I thought they were taller thinner... thanks for showing some fat short ones.
I suspect your spotting may be a Lepiota species because the top is very scaley.
http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/archive/jdea...
http://www.mushroomhobby.com/Gallery/Lep...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepiota
nice.