Green-Spored Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites

This plant is located in forests or natural areas as well as landscape areas. They can be seen forming small or large groups or fairy rings in lawns or other grassy areas, but do not be taken in by their fairy appearance as these plants can be very harmful.

Fruiting bodies may attain 12 in. in diameter and 6 in. in height. They are frequently mistaken in its immature stage for the meadow mushroom, which grows in a similar habitat. It is the only large mushroom with a green spore print.

Cap is initially smooth and dry, breaking up into light brown patches or scales on a white background. The gills are white at first, becoming greenish-gray and not attached to the stalk but close. The stalk is smooth, white or a whitish-brown. The annulus is large, persistent, becoming double-edged, white on the top and brown beneath, moveable, but located near the top of the stalk.