From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   chadlupkes wrote:   
   > We attended a party on Saturday, and discovered a mushroom growing in   
   > the garden that the owners didn't remember seeing the day before.  It   
   > was huge!  We took some pictures, and I posted them on Flickr.   
   >   
   > http://flickr.com/photos/chadlupkes/tags/mushroom/   
   >   
   > Can anyone help identify this giant?  I don't know a lot about   
   > mushrooms, but this was just perfectly formed.   
   >   
      
   It's a parasol mushroom, maybe Chlorophyllum rhacodes?  If it is C.   
   rhacodes it is a good edible, but beware of allergic reactions.  And,   
   you have to distinguish it from the poisonous C. molybdites; See:   
   http://www.mushroomexpert.com/chlorophyllum_rhacodes.html   
      
      
      
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