Parasol Mushrooms by the London Loop
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Parasol Mushrooms by the London Loop
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 25 Nov 2011
The appropriately named Parasol Mushroom, Macrolepiota procera, is a reasonably common variety of edible fungus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolepiota_procera These are growing beside the London Loop path as it goes beside the River Crane on the edge of Hounslow Heath.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.454166
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-0.394796