The Miller

Clitopilus prunulus

Deciduous and coniferous forests, mossy places. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized (small). Cap 3-8 cm across, rarely grows larger, when young white, later greyish-white, matt, fibrous, fleshy. Gills white, when old with a pink tinge, decurrent. Stem 2-6x0.3-1.3 cm, white, central, sometimes eccentric, tapering downwards. Flesh white, soft, with a strong mealy smell, not bitter. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies of the funnel (Clitocybe) or domecap (Lyophyllum) type, but whitish, greyish in colour, soft, with a mealy smell. Grows singly, most often a few fruiting bodies together. Edible, but of low value. Fairly common.