Clitocyboid agarics

Fool's Funnel

Clitocybe rivulosa

LC Least concern Poisonous 3 images

Characteristics

– Cap white to beige, often with a white pruina.
– Gills white to cream-buff, decurrent, adnate or adnexed.
– Stem whitish to cream-buff.
– Odor acidic.

Ecology

Grows in groups or fairy rings in lawns, parks, gardens and roadsides.

Notes

A common species in lawns, highly poisonous, contains the toxin muscarine.

Similar species

Can be confused with the edible Marasmius oreades that grows in the same habitat, so be cautious.