Hallo, I missed the original mail somehow. Macrolepiota procera is called parasol mushroom, really one can see big parasol mushrooms, and they taste very good. The yound mushrooms are edible, but only the cap. The stem is not so good, it is hard. Regards Nalini
----- Original Message ----- From: tanay bose To: raghu ananth Cc: Dinesh Valke ; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 6:40 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:40205] DV - 03JUL10 - 1016 :: pizza mushroom Ahh Haa !! This is Macrolepiota procera famous for its extra ordinary large size !!! See from the link for more : http://www.mushroomexpert.com/macrolepiota_procera.html Tanay On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:58 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: Dinesh ji, Lovely pictures, mushrooms growing upto 12-15" itself is amazing, I am yet to see such a large mushroom. clear cap shot, nice habitat. I am really missing the monsoon magic in the Western ghats TFS /Regards Raghu Chennai ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, 4 July, 2010 12:03:30 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:40186] DV - 03JUL10 - 1016 :: pizza mushroom Dear friends, ... mushroom for ID please. Date/Time : July 3, 2010 at 10.16am IST Location Place : near Lion's Point, Lonavala Altitude : about 762 m (above mean sea level) GPS : 18°41'56.00"N, 73°23'12.79"E Habitat : wild, damp forest floor Type : deciduous forest Habit : mushroom Height : about 12 - 15 inches Size : diameter 10 inches Regards. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
