parasol mushroom

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parasol mushroom

(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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par′asol mush`room

a common edible field mushroom, Macrolepiota (Lepiota) procera, with a light brown, scaly cap.

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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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"They do have a much nicer taste than those which you buy in the supermarket and one of my favourites is the parasol mushroom which can be up to a foot across and has a lovely peppery taste.

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Our favorite ones were flied whole, with just some salt sprinkled on them, and some, like the big parasol mushroom, Mom would bread like chicken and fry in a skillet.

Foraging in Germany

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.