Clitocybe vibecina (Fr.) Quél.
(Mealy Funnel)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClitocybe vibecina (Mealy Funnel)
GenusClitocybe (funnel caps)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Clitocybe vibecina (Mealy Funnel) :
1: Clitocybe vibecina (Mealy Funnel)
31 Oct 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
10 fruitbodies, among Dwarf Gorse . Photos: Fruitbodies: in situ, stages of cap drying, FeSO4 test, cap cuticle, spores
Image 1: Cap - 0% dry (fully imbibed) - pale backgroundImage 2: Cap - 10% dry - pale backgroundImage 3: Cap - 40% dry - pale backgroundImage 4: Cap - 90% dry - pale backgroundImage 5: Cap - 99% dry - pale backgroundImage 6: Cap - half-dry - pale backgroundImage 7: Collection showing caps, gills and stipesImage 8: Collection - showing gills and stipesImage 9: Fruitbodies - side view - in situImage 10: Fruitbodies - top view - in situImage 11: Fruitbodies - top view - in situ (2)Image 12: Fruitbody - half-dry - pale backgroundImage 13: Fruitbody - lain down to show gillsImage 14: Fruitbody - lain down to show gills (2)Image 15: Gills + FeSO4 - close-up - pale backgroundImage 16: Gills - close-up - pale backgroundImage 17: Cap cuticle (scalp) - magnifiedImage 18: Cap cuticle (scalp) - magnified (2)Image 19: Cap cuticle (scalp) - magnified (3)Image 20: Spores - magnifiedImage 21: Spores - magnified (2)Image 22: Spores - magnified (3)Image 23: Spores - highly magnified
2: Clitocybe vibecina (Mealy Funnel)
31 Oct 2004 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Group of 20 fruitbodies on bleached litter under Western Red Cedar
Image 1: Cap - dry - close-upImage 2: Cap - half dry - close-upImage 3: Cap - mature - close-upImage 4: Cap - mature - in situImage 5: Cap - mature - LSImage 6: Caps - in situImage 7: Caps - mature - close-upImage 8: CollectionImage 9: Fruitbodies - young - side view - close-upImage 10: Fruitbody - mature - LSImage 11: Fruitbody - mature - side view - close-upImage 12: Fruitbody - old - side view - close-upImage 13: Spores - magnifiedImage 14: Spores - magnified (2)Image 15: Spores - highly magnified
3: Clitocybe vibecina (Mealy Funnel)
15 Oct 1986 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Cap - moist - top view - in situImage 2: Cap - moist - top view - in situ (2)Image 3: Caps - almost dry - top view - in situImage 4: Fruitbodies - side view - in situ - base exposedImage 5: Fruitbodies - side view - in situ - base exposed (2)Image 6: Fruitbodies - side view showing gills - lain downImage 7: Fruitbodies - side view showing gills - lain down (2)Image 8: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 9: DescriptionImage 10: Description - contd
4: Clitocybe vibecina (Mealy Funnel)
17 Sep 1986 OSGR: SU26 51° 20’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
Image 1: Fruitbodies - group - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - oblique view - in situImage 3: Fruitbodies - side view showing gills - lain downImage 4: Fruitbodies - side views - in situImage 5: Fruitbodies - top view - in situImage 6: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 7: DescriptionImage 8: Description - contd
5: Clitocybe vibecina (Mealy Funnel)
15 Oct 1977 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Image 1: Caps - half dry - in situImage 2: Caps - imbibed - in situImage 3: Side views - in situImage 4: Side views - lain down

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hora, F.B. 1960 New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti, Part IV: Validations, new species and critical notes TBMS Vol 43 (2): 440-459.

Clitocybe vibecina (Mealy Funnel) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clitocybe vibecina (Mealy Funnel)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Clitocybe vibecina (Mealy Funnel)

A medium sized toadstool with a cap that is pallid and pellucid-striate when wet, but drying almost white. It is very common in coniferous woodland.

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