15/Aug/23, 7:44 PM
Kadrioru park, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
In park zone nearby linden trees (Tilia sp.), in grass with fallen leaves
59°26'31.7"N 24°47'24.3"E
🔆 Late evening sun, clear sky with some overcast
Original Instagram postClitopilus prunulus
sweetbread mushroom
- Scientific identification
- Clitopilus prunulus (Scop.) P.Kumm.
- Family
- Entolomataceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Clitopilus
Names across languages
- English: sweetbread mushroom
- German: Mehl-Räsling
- Finnish: Jauhosieni
- Estonian: Tavaharmik
- Russian: Подвишенник
- French: Meunier
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-08-15.
Hymenium
Gills, white when young, turning pinkish with age as spores mature, gills are decurrent and crowded
Cap
Convex to flat or slightly depressed in the center, often irregularly shaped, surface is smooth, dry, and finely velvety, color ranges from white to pale grey or greyish-brown
Hymenium Attachment
Decurrent
Stipe
Cylindrical or slightly tapered towards the base, white, smooth, and often curved, stipe is firm but may become hollow with age
Spore print
Spore print is pinkish.
Description
Saprobic; found growing alone or in groups on leaf litter or moss in deciduous and mixed forests, often under beech, oak
Edibility
Edible and considered highly prized
Fruit body
Fruit body is 3–8 cm tall
Dimensions
Cap is 4–10 cm in diameter
Odour
Odour is distinctive mealy or flour-like smell
Microscopy
Spores are ellipsoid to cylindrical, 9–12 × 5–6.5 μm, with characteristic longitudinal ridges. The basidia are four-spored and clavate. Pileipellis consists of cutis with thin-walled, hyaline hyphae
Overview
Saprobic species typically found growing on forest floors rich in leaf litter or moss
1871). Führ. Pilzk. (Zerbst): 96.
Field encounters
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