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Parasol

Macrolepiota procera

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,574, February 1,162, March 1,821, April 2,865, May 4,131, June 4,505, July 4,820, August 4,145, September 3,043, October 2,272, November 1,241, December 970.
United States32,884
Alaska32,550
Germany1,690
United Kingdom1,574
Russia1,506
England1,412
Italy1,111
Spain851
France758
Poland608

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
FamilyField Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricaceae
GenusMacrolepiota

Sources

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Practise Parasol with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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