tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post3337263433999995803..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-90767758551956802512013-10-02T21:18:28.815+01:002013-10-02T21:18:28.815+01:00Well, I'm far from sure myself. But the unques...Well, I'm far from sure myself. But the unquestionable, and huge, Parasols that grew around my parents' house in Dorset were mostly in a brambly beech thicket behind a hedge, which led me to think, probably wrongly, that there was some kind of mycelium-tree interaction. I never saw one in open grassland there. But this is East Dorset, with its poor acid soil.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-39502116089947152772013-10-02T20:43:53.476+01:002013-10-02T20:43:53.476+01:00Dear Ralph
looking at the photo I'm not convin...Dear Ralph<br />looking at the photo I'm not convinced that those are Macrolepiota procera. They lack the elegance of the real thing and (as far I can tell from the photo) the colour is wrong, as is the look of the scales on the cap, as well as the enviroment where the mushrooms are growing. Macrolepiota procera likes open grass. The enviroment where yours are is more the enviroment of the shaggy parasol, which is quite variable. As a matter of fact, the shaggy parasol is now separated into 3 or 4 species, and it seems that only one is responsible for the stomach upsets. Its scientific name is Chlorophyllum Molybdites, also called the vomiter!<br />To be sure I went to see them in the flesh, but those railing prooved too daunting for me!<br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com