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Parasol mushrooms Macrolepiota

Included genera: Macrolepiota, Lepiota, Cystoderma, Echinoderma, Chlorophyllum, Melanophyllum, Cystodermella

Parasol mushrooms are usually tall, slender-stemmed larger gilled mushrooms. Their caps often show scales and their stems commonly bear a movable ring.

  • Free, pale gills
  • Slender often snakeskin-patterned stem
  • Movable ring common
  • Scaly cap
  • No volva

Ring mobility, stem pattern and cap scales are important together. Stature and cap size can vary even within a species.

There are poisonous smaller lookalikes among parasol mushrooms. Identify every specimen to species before eating.

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Relevant species (18)

Blood-spored Dapperling Blood-spored Dapperling Melanophyllum haematospermum Brown parasol Brown parasol Chlorophyllum brunneum Deadly Dapperling Deadly Dapperling Lepiota brunneoincarnata False Dapperling False Dapperling Lepiota pseudohelveola Konrad's Parasol Konrad's Parasol Macrolepiota konradii Parasol Mushroom Parasol Mushroom Macrolepiota procera Puffball agaric Puffball agaric Chlorophyllum agaricoides Red-staining Dapperling Red-staining Dapperling Lepiota subincarnata Saffron Parasol Saffron Parasol Cystoderma amianthinum Shaggy Parasol Shaggy Parasol Chlorophyllum rhacodes Shield Dapperling Shield Dapperling Lepiota clypeolaria Slender Parasol Slender Parasol Macrolepiota mastoidea Small parasol Small parasol Macrolepiota excoriata Spiny Dapperling Spiny Dapperling Echinoderma calcicola Spiny Dapperling Spiny Dapperling Echinoderma aspera Stinking Dapperling Stinking Dapperling Lepiota cristata Strong-smelling Cystoderma Strong-smelling Cystoderma Cystoderma carcharias Wine-brown dapperling Wine-brown dapperling Lepiota fuscovinacea
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