Caps. Irrigated lawn at Great Park, Irvine, Orange County, CA.10/23/2011. © Joanne and Doug Schwartz.

Green spored Parasol

Chlorophyllum molybdites

Family: Agaricaceae

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Caps. Irrigated lawn at Great Park, Irvine, Orange County, CA.10/23/2011. © Joanne and Doug Schwartz.

Caps with scales. Irrigated lawn at Great Park, Irvine, Orange County, CA.10/23/2011. © Joanne and Doug Schwartz.

Stipe and gills. Irrigated lawn at Great Park, Irvine, Orange County, CA.10/23/2011. © Joanne and Doug Schwartz.

Gills. Irrigated lawn at Great Park, Irvine, Orange County, CA.10/23/2011. © Joanne and Doug Schwartz.

Young individual with scales. Peters Canyon Regional Park, Orange County, CA. West side of road, south of horse trough. © Joanne and Doug Schwartz.

Younger, unexpanded form before cap dermis breaks up into scales. Wass St., Tustin, Orange County, CA. 12/1/12. © Joanne and Doug Schwartz.

Caps with scales. Fountain Valley, Orange County, CA. 9/6/2015. © Peter J. Bryant

Gills, stipe and veil. Fountain Valley, Orange County, CA. 9/6/2015. © Peter J. Bryant

"Fairy Ring", with grass colored deeper green near the fungi that provided extra nutrients to the lawn. Fountain Valley, Orange County, CA. 9/6/2015. © Peter J. Bryant