Calocybe gambosa, commonly known as St. George's mushroom, is an edible mushroom that grows mainly in fields, grass verges and roadsides. Deriving its common name from when it first appears in the UK, namely on St George's Day (23 April). It appears in March in Italy, a warmer country where it is also a popular mushroom to eat, and is known there as marzolino. It is also popular in Northern Spain and Southern France, in the...
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St. George's Mushroom
Calocybe gambosa
- Observations in the area
- 1
- Last sighting
- 1 May 2022
- Category
- Fungi and other organisms
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