SCIENTIFIC NAME: CLITOCYBE GEOTROPA
VERNACULAR NAME: TROOPING FUNNEL

Fig 1
CAP 4 -20cm in diameter.  The pinkish buff cap starts convex with a prominent umbo before becoming more concave with the umbo still slightly present. The margin remains inrolled at all times.
STIPE Robust with swollen base. Concolorous with cap becoming paler with age.
GILLS/PORES

Gills are slightly spaced, concolorous with the cap and decurrent.

FLESH White to buff, fibrous. Faint smell of almonds.
SPORES White, sub-globose.
HABITAT Found usually in small groups at the edge or within deciduous woodland.
SEASON Frequent, late autumn.
EDIBILITY Inedible. r

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