BioImages (UK) BIOTA (living things) Eukaryota (eukaryotes) FUNGI SS. (true fungi) BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers) BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes) AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools) TRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools) Clitocybe (funnel caps) Clitocybe vibecina (Mealy Funnel) Record Clitocybe vibecina is also a member of: Macromycetes (via Agaricales) Fungi sl. Lower Plants (via Fungi ss.)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK) Clitocybe vibecina (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (Mealy Funnel) Date: 31 October 2005 OS grid ref: SU56 Lat/Lon: 51° 20' N, 1° 20' W Location: Vice County: Berks, VC22, England Voucher: 31/10/2005[B] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) Stage or state: Fruitbody Record Summary: 10 fruitbodies, among Dwarf Gorse Associated organism: among live plant of Ulex minor Identification Notes: Cap: strongly pellucid-striate when moist, yellowish BFF:" milky coffee"; zoned when half dry; drying opaque, pale BFF: "vinaceous buff". Gills + FeSO4: no change. Smell: none when moist, becoming mealy as it starts to dry. Taste: mealy. Spore print: greasy, very pale cream, pale BFF: "B", non-amyloid. Cap cuticle: filamentous hyphae, clamped or with overlapping ends, 4-5µm diam. Basidia: 4-spored. Spores: ellipsoid, 6-8.5 (9)/3.7-4µm Photo Summary: Fruitbodies: in situ, stages of cap drying, FeSO4 test, cap cuticle, spores Images standard photographs and close-ups microscope photographs << Click on a thumbnail

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