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Clitocybe clavipes.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Ampulloclitocybe clavipes, Clitocybe ŕ pied en massue, Clubfoot, Duzzadttönkű tölcsérgomba, bunkóslábú tölcsérgomba, Keulen-Trichterling
Clitocybe clavipes 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7464
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Clitocybe clavipes Mushroom
Ref No: 7465
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
stem type: Bulbous base of stem
flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Clitocybe clavipes (Pers. ex. Fr.) New syn. Ampulloclitocybe clavipes Kummer. Clubfoot, Clitocybe ŕ pied en massue, Keulen-Trichterling, Duzzadttönkű (bunkóslábú) tölcsérgomba, Clitocibe dal piede a clava, Knotsvoettrechterzwam. Cap 2-8cm across, flattened convex with a slight umbo at first, later depressed; buff to gray-brown with an olivaceous tint, paling toward the margin; moist, smooth, with matted hairs and scurfy on the disc. Gills deeply decurrent, nearly distant narrow to broad; pale creamy yellow. Stem 30-70 x 5-15mm, stuffed, greatly swollen at the base and tapering upward; whitish to ash; spongy, covered in silky fibers. Flesh thick, spongy then rather brittle when dry; white, but yellowish toward the base. Odor strong, sweet. Taste mild. Spores subglobose to ellipsoid, smooth, nonamyloid, 5-8 x 3-5µ. Deposit white. Habitat singly or in groups on the ground under conifers or sometimes deciduous trees. Common. Found widely distributed Europe and North America. Season July-November (December-March in California). Not edible. Comment If eaten in conjunction with alcohol a headache or transient rash may occur.

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Alattin Çapar (Turkey) - 22 December 2012

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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 20 October 2010

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Clitocybe clavipes
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