This guide applies to the Chicago Region and is not complete for other regions.
Three species in Chicago Region: Chlorophyllum molybdites with green spores, Chlorophyllum rhacodes (formerly Lepiota and Macrolepiota) with white spores, and Chlorophyllum agaricoides (formerly Endoptychum) with brown spores and a gastroid fruitbody that does not open.
This guide page was funded through a Chicago Wilderness grant program supported by the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area, State and Private Forestry, and the US Fish & Wildlife Service; grants of federal monies are administered by the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
Citation: The vPlants Project. vPlants: A Virtual Herbarium of the Chicago Region. http://www.vplants.org
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