Trooping Funnel

Trooping Funnel - Infundibulicybe geotropa

Alternative names
Clitocybe geotropa
Description

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.

Similar Species

Other funnels

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

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.

Habitat

Woodlands, most often deciduous

UK Status

Widespread and often locally common (Kibby, Vol. 2, 2020)

VC55 Status

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

Further Information

[On the NBN under Order Agaricales; not assigned to a Family]. 

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

No additional images available for this species.

All NatureSpot records