Prugnolo

This is one of the earliest mushrooms to appear and for this reason is called St George’s mushroom in English, because it usually makes its first appearance around the 23rd of April, St George’s Day. It grows on old pastureland that has not been disturbed by cultivation for many years, and has a tendency to grow in a circle like the gambe secche, fairy ring champignons. In fact, they often share the same ring because the mycelium or root spreads in a circle beneath the earth, thereby expanding the diameter every year.