Trooping Funnel
Trooping Funnel - Infundibulicybe geotropa
A large, tall and fleshy funnel, often forming fairy rings in deciduous woodland. The cream or pale buff caps are funnel-shaped when mature, with a small central umbo, strongly decurrent gills and smooth felt-like surface. The stem is the same colour as the cap, tall and sturdy. The smell is sweet/aromatic.
Other funnels
Photograph from top down, in side view and from underneath to show gills and full length of stipe. Note habitat and substrate, and indicate size (length of stipe and width of cap) ans smell.
Woodlands, most often deciduous
Widespread and often locally common (Kibby, Vol. 2, 2020)
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
[On the NBN under Order Agaricales; not assigned to a Family].
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