Talk:Macrolepiota procera

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Other traditional uses
"Other traditional uses include coating the cap in breadcrumbs (as if preparing a Wiener Schnitzel or a chicken-fried steak) and frying it in a pan or drying the cap in the sun and grinding it for later use as a form of mushroom spice."

Whose tradition is it?--Paffka (talk) 12:15, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Summary
summary is wrong. cap is not flat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 04:31, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Symbiosis with ants
Paul Stamets posted a video on YouTube about this mushroom, stating the following in the description:


 * "We inoculated a thatch ant mound with one gallon of pure cultured spawn by mixing the mycelium into their mound. The ants were initially disturbed but then quickly rebuilt their nest incorporating the Macrolepiota procera mycelium into its structure. The next year a few Parasol mushrooms sprouted. In the years subsequently, several hundred giant mushrooms appeared. Attine ants started cultivating Parasol mushroom mycelium more than 25,000,000 years ago as part of their 'host defense' against disease. The Parasol mycelium pre-selects a bacterium (actually an actinomyces) which, in turn, produces an anti-fungal antibiotic that prevents fungal pathogens from infecting the ant colony."

Is there any literature that supports this? At the very least, a passing reference could be made, with a wikilink to the article on ant-fungus mutualism. Wingman4l7 (talk) 05:08, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Why 'Not Recommended' to eat?
I presume this is because of the risk of confusing this mushroom with other similar but poisonous ones: http://mushroom-collecting.com/mushroomparasol.html but if so could this be made explicit? Or is there some other reason it is not recommended?


 * Yes, mainly to do with confusion with Chlorophyllum molybdites Agree about updating. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:13, 8 October 2012 (UTC)