ID ? please

[Mad Mike]

I know that identification from pictures only is not the best way
But any Ideas please. Looked like a good specimen to me

In gallery

 

[Laurence Dell]

Lovely specimen

Looks like a Parasol Mushroom (Lepiota procera)

I have just looked it up in Roger Phillips and it is a better looking specimen than the one in the book

 

[Mad Mike]

I have just looked it up in Roger Phillips and it is a better looking specimen than the one in the book

It has been pointed out That this fungi was found & photographed by
my partner Kirsteen not me

 

[bloodline]

Ive always called them parasol mushrooms but im no expert in fact im looking for an expert to guide me

 

[Cyclingrelf]

Ive always called them parasol mushrooms but im no expert in fact im looking for an expert to guide me

Ditto here - I think it's a parasol mushroom too, but not an expert.

 

[capacious]

Yep, that's definitely a parasol mushroom (Lepiota Procera) That's a great find. How tall was it? They can get to 12in sometimes. I've never seen them very big, that is really a great specimen.

Jake.

 

[Don Redondo]

yep parasol for sure.

there should be definite 'nipple' area to the top, getting flatter as the parasol 'opens' but still obvious. The scaly stem is another giveaway and the collar should be almost loose from the stem. They also usually grow in groups, I never seem to find just one. Badgers like them. I take it you photo'd this at the end of last summer?

 

[Mad Mike]

Thanks for the replies

Yes photo taken end of last summer (by my other half) in Tuscany I think is was growing in the shade of an Oak tree.
there were others nearby but no so photogenic. I don't think is was 12" but was getting close.

i was fairly sure it was a parasol mushroom but I have a reference book 1000 colour phtos to id fungi
Lepiota Procera not included. I left well alone so hopefully ther will be lots more this year