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Chlorophyllum brunneum
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.
Spotted under a conifer.
This mushroom had been uprooted but still intact. Said to be common in gardens and compost heaps. Grows under pine and eucalypts.
Spotted on Jun 1, 2013
Submitted on Jun 2, 2013
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