- Cap funnel-shaped, can become up to 30 cm wide.
- Gills decurrent, cream-coloured, dense, with anastomoses nearest the stem.
- Stem short, cream-white.
Clitocyboid agarics
Giant Funnel
Aspropaxillus giganteus
LC
Least concern
Inedible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows in pastures, parks and open deciduous woodland on nutrient-rich soil. Forms fairy rings.
Notes
Sometimes reported as edible, but in that case should be parboiled before cooking as it can otherwise cause nausea.
Similar species
Pseudoclitopilus rhodoleucus is a rare relative that has a pink tinge on the gills and is usually somewhat smaller in size.
