Shaggy Parasols at Emsworthy Mire
There are Parasol mushrooms in the fields at Emsworthy Mire. They are huge, but not as huge as the dinner-plate sized Macrolepiota procera, the Parasol mushroom. They also have fuzzy caps.
![Shaggy Parasol - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Shaggy-Parasol-The-Hall-of-Einar-6276.jpg)
I suspect they might be Shaggy Parasols, Chlorophyllum rhacodes.
This photo shows how they get the darker patches on their caps as the cap expands quickly:
![Shaggy Parasol - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Emsworthy-Mire-The-Hall-of-Einar-0805.jpg)
They look so much like huge nipples to me.
I love the droplets glinting on their caps in this low sunshine.
![Shaggy Parasol - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Lepiota-rhacodes-The-Hall-of-Einar-0738.jpg)
I take two healthy specimens home
![Shaggy Parasol - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Shaggy-Parasol-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-725x408.jpg)
They cause gastric upsets in 1 in 25 people.
![Shaggy Parasol - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Shaggy-Parasol-The-Hall-of-Einar-9371-725x408.jpg)
I hope I’ll still be a healthy specimen after this.