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Clitocybe vibecina (Fr.) Quél., 1872 (Mealy Funnel)

Notes (MWS) 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.

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #microphotos
Clitocybe vibecina Fruitbodies: in situ, stages of cap drying, FeSO4 test, cap cuticle, spores 31 October 2005 Berks England 16 7
Clitocybe vibecina Fruitbody 31 October 2004 Berks England 12 3
Clitocybe vibecina Fruitbody 17 September 1986 North Wiltshire England 5

Suggested Literature

Clitocybe vibecina may be covered by literature listed under:

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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Clitocybe vibecina is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, rotting litter Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, rotting litter Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is saprobic on dead, rotting litter Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is saprobic on dead, rotting litter Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Trees - Broadleaved And Coniferous Trees fruitbody is saprobic on dead, rotting litter Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Clitocybe vibecina:

Clitocybe vibecina may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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