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parasol mushroom
(redirected from Macrolepiota procera)

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parasol mushroom
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several fungi of the basidiomycetous genus Lepiota, having an umbrella-shaped cap, white gills, and a slender brownish stem with a prominent white ring
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Noun1.parasol mushroom - edible long-stalked mushroom with white flesh and gills and sporesparasol mushroom - edible long-stalked mushroom with white flesh and gills and spores; found in open woodlands in autumn
Lepiota procera
agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
genus Lepiota - agarics with white spores that includes several edible and poisonous mushrooms: parasol mushrooms
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Macrolepiota procera is called the "parasol mushroom" in both German and English; Craterellus cornucopioides is referred to in German as the "trumpet of death" and in English as the "horn of plenty"--not surprisingly, it is distinctly horn-shaped.
The magic of mushrooms. (Expat Advice) by Hays, Kim / Swiss News
 
 
 
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