Aniseed Toadstool - Clitocybe odora
Young specimens have a light blue texture on the cap which fades to grey in age.
Deciduous and coniferous woodland.
Late summer and autumn.
It has a strong scent and taste of aniseed, hence its common name.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Ulverscroft
08 September 2011
Graham Calow
Ulverscroft
08 September 2011
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
18 September 2011
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Species profile
- Common names
- Aniseed Toadstool, Aniseed Funnel
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Tricholomataceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 13
- First record:
- 08/09/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 13/09/2024 (Nicolle, Christo)
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Graham Calow
Ulverscroft
08 September 2011
Lostash
Leicester Botanical Gardens
08 November 2015
Lostash
Leicester Botanical Gardens
08 November 2015
Melinda Bell
Charley,Charnwood Lodge
06 October 2019
