Summer to fall
Parasol
Macrolepiota procera
Edible
Quality · Good: Quality · Good
- Raw
- Do not eat raw
- Cooking
- Thorough cooking required, minimum time not established
Large parasol for meadows and borders, with mottled base, movable ring and free white gills.
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Guide contents
Guide contents
Season
July to November
Habitat
Meadows, extensive lawns, grassy edges, clearings, path edges and embankments.
Method
Check several visible features before retaining a species name.
Reviewed scientific notes are shown in French.
- Size
- Cap Ø 10–25 cm
- Smell
- Peu caractéristique.
- Taste
- Légèrement sucré.
Three features to check on the specimen.
Cap wide
Cap wide, scaly, often nippled in the center.
White to cream gills
White to cream gills, free, never decurrent.
Stipe long
Stipe long, fibrous, mottled brown, without volva.
Examine the specimen in this order.
- Cap wide, scaly, often nippled in the center.
- White to cream gills, free, never decurrent.
- Stipe long, fibrous, mottled brown, without volva.
- Double or thick ring, often mobile on the stipe.
- White flesh, without a clear blush expected in the type.
Features incompatible with this species.
Reviewed scientific notes are shown in French.
- Chlorophyllum brunneum: La coulemelle a un pied chiné et une chair blanche; C. brunneum a un pied lisse, une base souvent fortement bulbeuse et une chair rougissante. La confusion a provoqué une intoxication familiale documentée.
- Chlorophyllum molybdites: C. molybdites développe des lames et une sporée vertes, et son pied ne porte pas le motif chiné de la coulemelle.
- Chlorophyllum rhacodes: C. rhacodes possède un pied lisse sans motif de couleuvre et une chair rougissant orangé; la coulemelle conserve une chair blanche et un pied chiné.
- Lepiota brunneoincarnata: L. brunneoincarnata reste une petite lépiote à anneau peu marqué, pied court sans motif de couleuvre; la coulemelle adulte a un long pied chiné et un anneau double coulissant.
