Chlorophyllum

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Chlorophyllum
Shaggy parasol
Conservation status
Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Homobasidiomycetes
Subclass: Homobasidiomycetidae
Order: Agaricales
Family: Lepiotaceae
Genus: Chlorophyllum
Massee (1898)

The genus Chlorophyllum is a small genus of large agarics similar in appearance to the true parasol mushroom. The best known members are the edible shaggy parasol, a name applied to two very similar species Chlorophyllum rhacodes and C. brunneum, and the poisonous C. molybdites, a fungus widespread in subtropical regions around the world.

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