Confused again! Help with ID, please.

[solus]

Another from the Forest of Dean on 20th November. There were quite a lot of these little fellas scattered under Larch and as far as I could see growing from the soil/needle litter. The caps appeared to be flat and fading/drying out paler from the outside edge in as they aged: the gills were greyish-brown. (Or brownish-grey?) I know I should have paid more attention to detail while I was there but Himself was getting decidedly er...fed up with my constantly disappearing into the undergrowth and generally lagging behind!

I have looked all through the A-Z and in Jordan but (and here I'm probably once again missing the blindingly obvious) can't find a clue as to what they may be. Can anyone please enlighten me - at least point me in the right direction? Pretty please??

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by solus

the gills were greyish-brown. (Or brownish-grey?)

hi Solus

I suspect that you may have answered your own question; this looks like a Clitocybe species . . . the books are full of quite a number of these "greyish-brown or brownish-grey?" jobs and they tend to appear towards the end of the season

I have struggled with these in the past and am often baffled - different experts seem to have different ideas on where one species ends and another starts; they don't have the sort of objective characters I feel I need to name somnething with a degree of confidence . . . so I'm afraid I have to leave it there

best

Chris

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by solus

Another from the Forest of Dean on 20th November. There were quite a lot of these little fellas scattered under Larch and as far as I could see growing from the soil/needle litter. The caps appeared to be flat and fading/drying out paler from the outside edge in as they aged: the gills were greyish-brown. (Or brownish-grey?) I know I should have paid more attention to detail while I was there but Himself was getting decidedly er...fed up with my constantly disappearing into the undergrowth and generally lagging behind!

I have looked all through the A-Z and in Jordan but (and here I'm probably once again missing the blindingly obvious) can't find a clue as to what they may be. Can anyone please enlighten me - at least point me in the right direction? Pretty please??

im in the same position as you, as i have found quite a few very similar ones in Clumber recently,
ive narrowed it down to possibly a clitocybe, there are a few that are similar, but thats as near as i can get,
hope someone can help you with this one,

Brian.