Frayed parasol or Shaggy parasol

Cap large, 7-20 cm across. Hemispherical at first, then convex-spreading to flat with a small boss. The background color is light grayish-brown, and the surface is covered with coarse brown scales in concentric rings, darker at the center. It looks very much like the parasol mushroom, but the scales curl upward at the edges — a characteristic feature.

Cap 6–10 cm (sometimes up to 15), hemispherical in young mushrooms, then flattening to plano-convex with a small bump in the center. Creamy white with an ochre or yellowish-brown center. The surface is covered with small scale-like flakes — it looks like peeling varnish. The edges often have a thin "fringe" — remnants of the veil.

Gilled hymenophore. Gills crowded, thin, free. Color white at first, cream with age, with a pinkish tinge in old specimens. Damaged gills turn red. Spore print white — this is important for telling it apart from the poisonous Chlorophyllum molybdites (green spore print).

Gills free, creamy white, crowded, turning slightly yellowish in mature mushrooms. Spore print white or pale cream.

Stem 7-20 cm tall, 1-2.5 cm thick, cylindrical, swollen at the base (a gradually swollen bulb; an abrupt, rimmed bulb belongs to the related Chlorophyllum brunneum, which has no records from Ukraine in GBIF). Color whitish to grayish — no snakeskin pattern (unlike the parasol mushroom). Turns brown where touched or damaged. In the upper part there is a fleshy, movable ring. there is no volva.

Stem 8–15 cm tall, 0.8–1.5 cm thick, cylindrical, with a bulbous base. White with a creamy yellowish tint, smooth. In the upper part there is a white membranous ring, which often falls away in old mushrooms. The lower stem sometimes has a faint scaly pattern.

flesh in the cap is white and soft. a characteristic feature — when cut or damaged it turns red (quickly), then turns brown. This is the fundamental difference from the parasol mushroom, whose flesh does not change color.

Flesh white, firm in the cap, fibrous in the stem. Does NOT change color when cut. The texture is fibrous and uneven — softer in the cap, tougher in the stem.

Faint, pleasant mushroomy smell. Mild taste — pleasant and mushroomy after boiling.

Smell pleasant, faintly nutty, reminiscent of hazelnut or grain. Taste mild, sweetish.