Chlorophyllum molybdites (Meyer) Massee
Green-gilled Lepiota; Green-spored parasol

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Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap 7-30 cm; stalk central, 10-25 cm long x 1-2.5 cm diameter. Spores: basidiospores 8-13 x 6.5-8 µm, elliptic, smooth, hyaline.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: fruiting bodies often form fairy rings in lawns and meadows;gray-green gills are unique among mushrooms

Diagnostic microscopic feature: spores reddish brown in Melzer's

Dynamically generated map
common

Nutritional Mode: saprobe

Substrate: on ground

Habitat: lawns, meadows, gardens

Fruiting Season: summer, fall

 
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
 

 

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