Cantharellula cyathiformis (Bull. ex Fr.) Sing. syn. Clitocybe cyathiformis (Bull. ex Fr.) Kummer Becher-Trichterling Clitocybe en coupe The Goblet. Cap 2–7cm across, funnel-shaped with a strongly inrolled margin, dark grey-brown to umber drying paler. Stem 40–80×5–10mm, paler than the cap with a silky white fibrous covering, swollen towards the downy base. Flesh thin, pallid. Taste mild, smell mushroomy. Gills more or less decurrent, pale grey becoming brownish with age. Spore print white. Spores ovoid, amyloid, 8–11 x 5–6µ. Habitat amongst grass, leaf litter, on very rotten logs or other debris in mixed woodland. Season late autumn to winter. Occasional. Inedible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe. |