Club Foot Fungus

Club Foot Fungus - Ampulloclitocybe clavipes

Description

A large mushroom, with greyish-buff or brownish cap, strongly decurrent white or cream gills, and a bulbous stipe with club-shaped base. Spores are white.

Similar Species

Funnels - e.g. Trooping Funnel Clitocybe geotropa

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph from top down, in side view and underneath to show gills; ensure you have photographed the full length of the stipe including base.  Note habitat and substrate.

Habitat

Under trees, often under conifers.

When to see it

Late summer and autumn.

Life History

Usually grows singly, rarely in clumps.

UK Status

Widespread and quite common in Britain.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

All NatureSpot records