Clitocybe subalpina Bigelow & Smith Cap 5-12 cm across, convex becoming flatter with a somewhat depressed disc; margin incurved at first, but becoming lobed and striate; dark pinky-brown or dingy nut brown; surface has a slight bloom then smooth, moist, and hygrophanous, but minute dry scales in dry conditions. Gills actuate to decurrent, close or crowded, narrow to quite broad; pale pinky-brown or dull pinky-gray. Stem 30-150 x 10-20mm, solid or hollow, sometimes compressed; same color as gills; fibrous with a bloom, then minutely hairy in furrowed lines; base rooting, sometimes with white rhizoids. Flesh thin, brittle; dull pinky-brown fading whitish. Odor mushroomy or none. Taste pleasant becoming a touch astringent. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, nonamyloid, 4.5-5.1 x 3-3.9ì. Deposit pale pinky-buff. Habitat in dense clusters near conifers on sandy soil along roadsides. Found in Washington. Season August-October. Not edible. |