parasol mushroom

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parasol mushroom

(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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parasol 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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