Clitocyboid agarics

Rose-white Funnel

Pseudoclitopilus rhodoleucus

NT Near threatened Inedible 3 images

Characteristics

- Cap expanded to funnel-shaped, white, with a pink tone and spots with age.
- Cap margin often inrolled.
- Gills crowded, decurrent, white to pink.
- Stem short, narrowing downwards.
- Smell farinaceous.

Ecology

Grows on the ground in broadleaf forest and spruce forest on nutrient-rich and calcareous soil.

Similar species

May be confused with Clitopilus prunulus, which however has dirty pink spore print. Funnel mushrooms usually have white to cream-coloured spore print.