Fierce Funnel

Clitocybe tornata

Mixed, coniferous and deciduous forests, thickets, among grass. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 3-6 cm across, raised-flattened or even slightly depressed, matt, with a greyish bloom, whitish, greyish-yellowish, concentrically cracked. Gills narrow, crowded, greyish-yellowish, adnate or slightly decurrent. Stem 2-3x0.3-0.8 cm, firm, white, brownish when old. Flesh thin, pale brownish, mild-tasting, odourless. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies greyish, greyish-yellowish, cap cracked, spores small. Grows singly or in small groups. Inedible or even mildly poisonous, as it contains muscarine. Not rare. Similar to white-coloured meadow mushrooms, but its gills are yellowish.