Club Foot Fungus - Ampulloclitocybe clavipes
Distinguished by its brownish cap, its white spore print, but particularly by its frequently bulbous stem.
Under trees, often under conifers.
Late summer and autumn.
Usually grows singly, rarely in clumps.
Widespread and quite common in Britain.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood
18 September 2011
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
11 October 2023
Steve Mathers
Cademan Wood
12 November 2017
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
11 October 2023
Melinda Bell
Charley,Charnwood Lodge
06 October 2019
Steve Mathers
Cademan Wood
12 November 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Club Foot
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Hygrophoraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 11
- First record:
- 18/09/2011 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 09/11/2023 (Devine, Ben)
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Steve Mathers
Cademan Wood
12 November 2017
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
16 October 2019
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
18 October 2018
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
18 October 2018
Melinda Bell
Charley,Charnwood Lodge
06 October 2019
