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Grzybiarz is a mobile app for mushroom foragers. Its on-device AI helps you spot fruiting bodies in the leaf litter and suggests a species from a photo, and the app keeps a private map of your finds. Everything runs on your phone and works fully offline in the forest without signal.

Parasol MushroomMacrolepiota procera

edible

Parasol MushroomMacrolepiota procera

Photo: (c) Kostas Zontanos, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Habitat

meadows, pastures

parks, treelines

deciduous forest

mixed forest

Season

from July to October

Season

EndingPast the peak. The season usually lasts until late October.

Today · 22–28 Oct57% of peak

how often reportedpeak

Season

Jul–Oct

Peak

Aug–Oct

Reports

1173from Poland

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European Destroying Angel grows at the same time

Both species grow together for about 15 wk a year. Most strongly from late August to late September.

Muchomor sromotnikowyIn the forest together about 14 wk a year.

Czubajeczka cielistaIn the forest together about 13 wk a year.

Curve from 1173 observations (iNaturalist, Poland), smoothed week by week. It shows when foragers most often report the species, not how much of it grows.

Species description

Large mushroom of meadows and open woodlands. Brown cap with concentric scales and a distinct nipple in the centre. Tall, slender stipe with a characteristic brown "snakeskin" pattern. IMPORTANT: always check there is no volva at the base (parasol has none, A. phalloides does!).

Recognition features

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Brown cap with scales and a central nipple

Tall, slender, with brown "snakeskin" pattern

Movable ring (can slide along the stipe)

White flesh, not changing colour

Toxic look-alikesSpecies most often confused with this one.

Death CapAmanita phalloides

deadly

DEADLY POISONOUS. Cap OLIVE-greenish with radial fibrils. Pure white free gills, pendant ring, SACK-LIKE VOLVA at the base (always dig out the base!). Confused with parasol, field mushroom, and green russulas.

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