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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Lyophyllaceae: Calocybe gambosa (Fr.) Donk, 1962
Calocybe gambosa – St. George's mushroom
Synonyms: Agaricus albellus, Agaricus aromaticus, Agaricus gambosus, Agaricus georgii, Calocybe georgii, Gyrophila georgii, Lyophyllum gambosum, Tricholoma gambosum, Tricholoma georgii, Tricholoma palumbinum.
Common name: St. George's mushroom.
Russian names: Ryadovka mayskaya, Kalotsibe mayskaya, Kalotsibe mayskiy, Mayskiy grib, Georgiev grib.
Extract from Wikipedia article: Calocybe gambosa, commonly known as St. George's mushroom, is an edible mushroom that grows mainly in fields, grass verges and roadsides. Deriving its common name from when it first appears in the UK, namely on St George's Day (23 April). It appears in March in Italy, a warmer country where it is also a popular mushroom to eat, and is known there as marzolino. It is also popular in Northern Spain and Southern France, in the Basque Country region and its surroundings where it appears in April. In these regions it is usually eaten sautéed with egg or with bacon.
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St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia,
May 28, 2017
Aptekarskiy pr., 3, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197022">

St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia,
June 11, 2017
ul. Zhaka Dyuklo, 67, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 194214">

St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) near the Gulf in area of Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia,
June 12, 2017">

Group of St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) near Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia,
June 12, 2017">

St. George's mushroom (
Calocybe gambosa) near the Gulf in area of Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia,
June 12, 2017">

St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in area of Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia,
June 16, 2017
Dachnaya ul., Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664">

Group of St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake in area of Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia,
June 16, 2017
Dachnaya ul., Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664">

St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia,
June 22, 2017
Svetlanovskiy pr., 49, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia">

St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake, between Oselki and Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia,
June 28, 2017
Dachnaya ul., Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188664">

St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) on a lawn at Svetlanovsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia,
May 27, 2019">

St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia,
May 27, 2019
Unnamed Road, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 194354">

St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) in Gardens of Polytechnic Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia,
May 29, 2019
Politekhnicheskaya Ulitsa, 29 корпус 12, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 195251">

Underside of St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia,
May 30, 2019">

Group of St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia,
May 30, 2019">

St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia,
May 30, 2019">

St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) in Gardens of Polytechnic Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia,
May 30, 2021
Politekhnicheskaya Ulitsa, 29 корпус 12, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 195251">

Young St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) in Gardens of Polytechnic Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia,
May 30, 2021
Politekhnicheskaya Ulitsa, 29 корпус 12, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 195251">

St. George's mushrooms (
Calocybe gambosa) on a lawn in Gardens of Polytechnic Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia,
May 30, 2021
Политехническая ул., 29, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 194064
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V Kontakte, and
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