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

synonyms: Rosa Trichterling
Clitocybe houghtonii Mushroom
Ref No: 7477
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Funnel shaped
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy), Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Clitocybe houghtonii (Berk. & Br.) Dennis Rosa Trichterling. syn. Omphalia roseotincta Pearson Cap 2–8cm across, initially convex becoming flattened and often deeply depressed at the centre, pale pinkish-buff when fresh drying almost white. Stem 30–80 x 3–8mm, concolorous with cap, often developing an apical ring-like swelling as the fungus dries. Flesh thin, white. Smell sweetish, reminiscent of crushed tomato leaves. Gills crowded, decurrent, pinkish-cream. Spore print white. Spores elliptic, nonamyloid, 5–6.5 x 3–4m. Habitat gregarious in beech litter. Season late summer to late autumn. Rare. Edibility unknown -avoid. Found In Europe.

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