Clouded agaric
Clitocybe nebularis
Poisonous: never pick it to eat.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Clitocybe nebularis
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Clitocybaceae
- Under the cap
- Gills
- Cap
- Domed, Flat
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Breaking down dead matter
- Season
- Autumn
- Habitat
- Broadleaf forest, Conifer forest
- Spore print
- Cream
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its Latin name nebularis means cloudy or foggy, like the grey colour of its cap.
- It often grows in large troops, sometimes arranged in rings or arcs, in late autumn.
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Similar fungi
- Fly agaric
Amanita muscaria
- Deadly fibrecap
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- Yellow knight
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q757125 · All fungi · All entries