Can anybody help to identify this mushroom?

[Camilo]

Can anyone give a clue on this? It was found on 2 October in the Brecklands (Suffolk - Norfolk border) in a mixed conifer - deciduous wood. Could it be Lactarius or Pholiota?

[Chris Yeates]

Originally Posted by Camilo

Can anyone give a clue on this? It was found on 2 October in the Brecklands (Suffolk - Norfolk border) in a mixed conifer - deciduous wood. Could it be Lactarius or Pholiota?

hi have you read?:
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it does contain a lot of hints;
Lactarius would have milk - this doesn't seem to have

Pholiota would have a brown spore print - you haven't done one, but those pure white gills would suggest this doesn't have coloured spores

in the absence of any other info. I would suggest Clitocybe sp. (but that is only a suggestion)

(pause for Nick C. to wade in with Melanoleuca . . . . . )

cheers

Chris

[Camilo]

Chris: Thanks for the tip - I'll certainly use the identification check list more in the future.

Following your suggestion, I would go for Clitocybe gibba (Comon funnel-cap) becase of the strikingly pure white gills. Melanoleuca doesn't seem to fit that criterion.

[NickCantle]

Why not Collybia maculata?

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Why not Collybia maculata?

The maculata I find is white with a few rusty brown spots not a brown cap

Mal

[NickCantle]

I've found them with a brownish cap Maybe they weren't C. maculata then