frosty funnel
From the latest record: 2025-11-23.
Gills, crowded, initially white to cream, ageing to ochre-buff or faint buff tones
Convex to broadly convex, becoming shallowly funnel-shaped; surface smooth, whitish with a fine frosted bloom when young, developing buff spots with age
Adnate to slightly decurrent
Cylindrical to slightly tapering, smooth, whitish, no ring, base often with white mycelial tomentum
Spore print pale pink-ish ochraceous or white to very pale buff
Saprobic on leaf- and needle-litter and soil in coniferous woodland, under trees, novemeber - december
Poisonous (contains muscarine-type toxins)
Fruit body small to medium
Cap ∅ ~4–10 cm.
Flesh white to pale, firmish; unchanging when cut
No distinctive reaction reported
Sweet, aromatic, spicy
Not distinctive
Spores ellipsoid to subglobose, smooth, ~4–5.5×3–4µm, basidia 4-spored; hyphae with clamp connections
Whitish funnel-shaped clitocybe with frosted-looking cap bloom, crowded gills, woodland litter habitat
1871). Führ. Pilzk. (Zerbst): 122.
Kadrioru park, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Eesti
Urban park, under spruces, on spruce and other leaves substrate.
59°26'17.7"N 24°47'47.0"E
🌡️ 5°C ⛅ Sun rays with low laying clouds ❄️ after couple of frosty days 💨 Wind 190° S->N, 9 km/h
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