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Clitocybe gibba
Clitocybe gibba grows in leaf litter in deciduous woodland and rough grass or heaths. The dark cream or pale brown cap can be 10cm diameter at maturity. Like most of the fungi in this genus, it is a gregarious mushroom and often forms large arcs or even complete fairy rings. The cap is 4 to 8cm in diameter when fully mature, smooth and silky, usually with a wavy edge, and creamy-brown, sometimes with a pinkish tinge. Initially convex, the caps expand and develop into funnels. The thick, soft flesh is light buff. This funnel cap has deeply decurrent, white or pale buff gills that are narrow and quite crowded. The stem is 5 to 10mm in diameter and 3 to 7cm tall, tough and only slightly bulbous at the base. There is no stem ring. Very faint odour of almonds (some say of new-mown hay); no distinctive taste.
In leaf litter under hedgerows, in broad-leaf woods and on heaths. July to November.
spanish name: Clitocibe embudado Camera Model: NIKON D300 Exposure Time: 1/125 sec., f/8 ISO 1 EV below 200 Focal Length: 90.0 mm Objective lens: Tamron SP 90 AF f/2.8 72E Flash fired, compulsory flash mode, return light detected
Spotted on Dec 31, 2011
Submitted on Jan 17, 2012
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