Mealy Funnel - Clitocybe vibecina
Cap initially convex then flattened and depressed in the centre. Dark grey with a brownish grey centre, becoming paler as it dries. The margin is translucent and striate. The gills are grey, decurrent; stipe grey-brown. The smell is farinaceous or unpleasantly rancid.
Other funnels
This can be a difficult species to identify and we recommend that it is identified from a specimen by an expert before submission to NatureSpot. Also photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe. Note smell, habitat and substrate.
Woodland, usually coniferous on needle debris
Autumn
Common (Kibby, Vol.2, 2020)
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
06 November 2013
det. R Iliffe from specimen
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
06 November 2013
det. R Iliffe from specimen
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Species profile
- Common names
- Mealy Funnel
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 06/11/2013 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 06/11/2013 (Calow, Graham)
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