The Green-gilled or false parasol is a medium to very large mushroom growing in grassy areas.
Occasionally solitary but usually they are massed.
The cap can be up to about 15 cm across.
Young caps are brown and roundish or bell-shaped.
Older caps expand to become convex with a slight central umbo then become flatter.
The brown surface breaks down into dark brown irregularly scattered scales on a white, cream or pale brown background.
The scales are dense and darkest in the centre.
The edge often splits. The flesh bruises to red.
The gills are free of the stem and can be close or remote.
They are white, pale cream or pinkish when young then green or pale yellowish-green.
The spore print is green.
The stem, up to 15 cm high, has a swollen base.
It is white above the double ring and darker below.
J.F.
