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American Parasol
A large lepiotoid mushroom that grows in groups or clusters on wood chips, sawdust and stumps. It has a stem swollen at or below the middle, and its flesh bruises yellow to orange and turns reddish as it ages or dries. It is common in eastern North America, often in urban mulch beds. In 2024 it became the type species of the new genus Macropsalliota, split from Leucoagaricus.
Edible with caution according to the Missouri Department of Conservation, but not recommended for inexperienced foragers. Always take a spore print: the poisonous Chlorophyllum molybdites has a green print, grayish-green mature gills and does not bruise red. Also rule out amatoxin-containing small Lepiotas and white Amanitas.
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