Handsome fungus found under oak trees for ID please

[alindsay]

This was found at the beginning of Jan this year amongst leaf litter of oak trees.

Could it be Tawny Funnel, Lepista flaccida?











Thanks in advance

[fairplay]

The shape of these is making me a little hesitant, but I'm certain these are Clitocybe nebularis.
No, I'm not so certain, but the caps seem too 'full' to be Lepista flaccida and that 'umbo' does not suit either. I'm sticking with C.nebularis even though there are none growing round my way.
Neil.

[alindsay]

Blimey, how many looks does Clitocybe nebularis (Clouded Funnel) have?

I thought I would recognise this anywhere by now and yet it sneaks up on me in a different livery yet again.

Did look splendid caught on camera in this guise though.

Thanks Neil.

By the way, where is 'your way' .... give us a clue please.

Alison

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Originally Posted by alindsay

Blimey, how many looks does Clitocybe nebularis (Clouded Funnel) have?

I thought I would recognise this anywhere by now and yet it sneaks up on me in a different livery yet again.

Did look splendid caught on camera in this guise though.

Thanks Neil.

By the way, where is 'your way' .... give us a clue please.

Alison

Suffolk Coast

Neil.

[watsthat]

Is it possible we`re back in Clitocybe gibba/metachroa territory here. As in a similar thread recently they look small for C. nebularis.

Cheers
Pete

[alindsay]

Suffolk coast...... aaaahhhh!!!! (Understanding smiley face)

Why doesn't Clitocybe nebularis (Clouded Funnel) appear round your way?

If it's to do with soil/sand etc ? Best sand fungus is....?

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Originally Posted by watsthat

Is it possible we`re back in Clitocybe gibba/metachroa territory here. As in a similar thread recently they look small for C. nebularis.

Cheers
Pete

And I was originally thinking the opposite and thought C.geotropa !
It's that umbo which is the problem - both C.gibba and C.metachroa do not have such an obvious umbo.

Neil.

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Originally Posted by alindsay

Suffolk coast...... aaaahhhh!!!! (Understanding smiley face)

Why doesn't Clitocybe nebularis (Clouded Funnel) appear round your way?

If it's to do with soil/sand etc ? Best sand fungus is....?

It does - in huge numbers, but I haven't seen any since before Xmas and assume it will be next Autumn when I shall see them again.

(The classic 'sand fungus' round here is Battarrea phalloides - eat your heart out. )

Neil.

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Just to cover myself I shall throw in Ampulloclitocybe clavipes - Club Foot. I cannot see any enlarged stem bases, but it occasionally does have a slight umbo on the cap, but this really is a desperate call.

Neil.

[alindsay]

Can't ... not edible according to reliable resources.

Still rare it is, so points to you. and I am jealous.

My only sandune find is Inocybe serotina (maybe, if I am right), only mentioned in Michael Jordan's book. Why nowhere else? Picture below