| Species name | Macrolepiota procera |
| Common name | Parasol |
| Cap | 10-25 cm, ovoid > convex-depressed umbonate, cream with large dark flattened brown scales, |
| Gills | |
| Stipe | 15-30cm, tapering upwards, breaking into brown and cream girrafe skin pattern, spreading double ring (movable) |
| Growth form | Solitary, small trooping groups |
| Spore print | White |
| Spore features | Ellipsoidal, smooth, pronounced germ pore |
| Habitat | Pastures, meadows, glades, parklands |
| Season | Summer-Autumn |
| Distribution | Widespread, common |
| Identifying feature | Stipe traits |
| Similar species | Shaggy parasol is similar but not as umbonate and without stipe patterning |
Irish Grassland Fungi 