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Cantharellula cyathiformis.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Becher-Trichterling, Clitocybe en coupe, The Goblet
Cantharellula cyanthiformis 3 Mushroom
Ref No: 7377
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Cantharellula cyanthiformis2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7378
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown, Black or blackish
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter
flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

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.

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