Clitocybe brumalis
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| Clitocybe brumalis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Subclass: | Hymenomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Tricholomataceae |
| Genus: | Clitocybe |
| Species: | C. brumalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Clitocybe brumalis (Fr.) Quél. 1872 | |
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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