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

synonyms: Heidetrichterling
Clitocybe ericetorum Mushroom
Ref No: 7471
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream
normal size: Less than 5cm
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 ericetorum (Bull.) Qu谷l. Heidetrichterling. Cap 2每5cm across, flattened convex with a central depression becoming widely funnel-shaped, white then yellow-cream. Stem 30每40 x 3每5mm, concolorous with cap, downy. Flesh white. Taste mild to slightly bitter, smell none. Gills decurrent, widely spaced, white then yellow-cream. Spore print white. Spores subglobose to ovate, 4每5 x 2每3米. Habitat heathland, often amongst heather. Season summer. Rare. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe.

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