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Clitocybe dealbata.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Clitocybe blanchi, Feld-Trichterling, Ivory Funnel
Clitocybe dealbata Mushroom
Ref No: 7466
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Deadly
fungus colour: White to cream
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on the ground

Clitocybe dealbata (Sow. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. C. rivulosa subsp. dealbata (Sow. ex Fr.) Konrad & Maubl. Feld-Trichterling Clitocybe blanchi Ivory Funnel. Cap 2–4cm across, flattened-convex becoming slightly depressed, buff dusted white. Stem 20–35 x 5–10mm, whitish, mealy at the apex. Flesh thin except for the centre of the cap, whitish. Smell faint, mealy. Gills adnate to decurrent, crowded, whitish or cream. Spore print white. Spores broadly ovate, 4–5.5 x 2–3ì. Habitat in lawns and pastureland often in troops or rings. Season summer to late autumn. Frequent. Deadly poisonous. Distribution, America and Europe.

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