Clitocybe brumalis
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| Species: | C. brumalis
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| Clitocybe brumalis (Fr.) Quél. 1872
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Clitocybe brumalis, commonly known as the winter funnel cap, is an inedible mushroom of the genus Clitocybe. It grows in deciduous and coniferous woodland, only in winter; sometimes even under snow.
Description
The cap is convex or umbilicate when young, soon funnel shaped. Pale when moist, with a weakly translucent and striped margin, almost white when dry and grows up to 5 cm in diameter. The gills are dirty white, crowded and a little decurrent. The spores are also white. The stem is pale brown, striped and soon hollow, with a white, felty base. The flesh is dirty brown.
Similar species
Several species growing in autumn look very similar and are difficult to distinguish.
References
- E. Garnweidner. Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe. Collins. 1994.
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