Ivory Funnel

Clitocybe dealbata

Forest clearings, forest edges, meadows, parks. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies small. Cap 2-4 (6) cm across, matt, white, greyish, brownish, with a white bloom. Gills whitish, narrow. Stem 3-5x0.3-0.7 cm, white, brownish when old. Flesh thin, whitish, smelling of stale flour and gas. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies smell of stale flour, grow in thickets and grassy places. Appears as several fruiting bodies together or in small groups among grass. Poisonous. Common. In all, 112 species of Clitocybe have been described, in Lithuania so far 41. Some species are edible but of little value, several are poisonous, among them this one, which contains muscarine and alkaloids.