Clitocybe brumalis, commonly known as the winter funnel cap, brumalis signifying "wintry", is an inedible mushroom of the genus Clitocybe. It grows in deciduous and coniferous woodland, only in winter; sometimes even under snow.
| Clitocybe brumalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Clitocybaceae |
| Genus: | Clitocybe |
| Species: | C. brumalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Clitocybe brumalis (Fr.) Quél. 1872
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Description
editThe cap is convex or umbilicate when young, soon funnel-shaped. Pale when moist, with a weakly translucent and striped margin, almost white when dry, it grows up to 5 cm in diameter. The gills are dirty white, crowded and a little decurrent. The spores are also white. The stem is pale brown, striped and soon hollow, with a white, felty base. The flesh is dirty brown.
Similar species
editSeveral species growing in autumn look very similar and are difficult to distinguish without a microscope.
References
edit- E. Garnweidner. Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe. Collins. 1994.
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