Clitocybe inornata (Grey-gilled Funnel)

Clitocybe inornata

Coniferous, rarely deciduous forests. Second half of summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 5-10 cm across, flattened, depressed, with an umbo, matt, fibrous, as if velvety, ash-coloured, yellowish-grey. Gills grey, brownish-grey, adnate or slightly decurrent. Stem 3-7 (9)x1—2 cm, of uniform thickness, dotted white near the gills, grey, brownish-grey. Flesh greyish, tough, not bitter. Characteristic features: cap slightly depressed, flesh with an unpleasant smell, spores slender. Grows singly or in small groups in coniferous, very rarely deciduous forests, likes calcareous soil. Edible, but of low value.