Calocybe gambosa
St George's mushroom
Calocybe gambosa, St George's mushroom. Notable as an early fruiting mushroom, usually April to May. Grows in pasture and woodland. Mushrooms adopt a trooping formation and may develop large fairy rings.
Photograph detail
Slide 1: Calocybe gambosa, St George's mushroom. Trooping growth pattern. Churchyard, Redmire. May.
Slide 2: Calocybe gambosa, St George's mushroom. Part of a large, disjointed, fairy ring. Churchyard, Redmire. May.
Slide 3: Calocybe gambosa, St George's mushroom. Habitat, showing part of fairy ring. Churchyard, Redmire. May.
Slide 4: Calocybe gambosa, St George's mushroom. Underside of cap showing gills. Churchyard, Redmire. May.