Mushroom Type Edible  
    
Latin Name Macro Lepiota procera 
    

    
Maximum height (CM) 40 
Maximum width (CM) 30 
    
Smell Mildly Mushroomy. 
Gills White, free and quite crowded. 
Spore Print White, ovate with a germ-pore, dextrinoid. 
Stem White/off white/cream, often very slightly mottled grey to brown with a kind of snakeskin effect. Coming from a bulb a little like the amanitas, strong and up to 30 cm almost always with the skirt still on nearly 2/3 of the way up the stem, the skirt is not attached very well and can usually be moved up and down the stem. Hollow on cutting and often very fibrous. 
Cap Tan. Round and bulbous when young even when the mushroom is up to 20 cm high. Opening into a large flat parasol up to 30 cm across, maturing scaly almost in rings as the skin stretches and cracks through growth. 
Flesh Thin soft and white in the cap, slightly spongy texture. 
Habitat Open woods and pastures, often among ferns, on verge