Common Funnel

Clitocybe gibba

Coniferous, deciduous and mixed forests. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 3-7 (10) cm across, when young convex-depressed, later goblet-shaped, finely fibrous, yellowish, greyish-yellowish, pale pinkish-brown. Gills white, later yellowish, crowded, decurrent. Stem 3-8x0.3-0.8 (1) cm, yellowish, brownish, with white fibrils. Flesh white, mild in taste, with a pleasant smell. Characteristic features: cap thin-fleshed, depressed, with a small umbo, not grooved. Grows singly or a few fruiting bodies together, in small groups; likes grassy places. Edible, very common. Especially good for flavouring soups.