Goblet Funnel (Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis)

Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis

Among grasses, forests, parks, riverbanks, lake shores. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies of the funnel (Clitocybe) type, medium-sized. Cap up to 8 cm across, goblet-shaped, deeply depressed, shiny, blackish, blackish-brown. Gills greyish-brownish, crowded, long decurrent. Stem 5-10 cm long and up to 1 cm thick, the colour of the cap. Flesh thin, tough, greyish-brownish, mild in taste. Characteristic features: gills decurrent, spores large, broadly elliptical, amyloid. Grows several or more fruiting bodies together, among grasses. Edible, but of low value. Rare.