Clitocybula abundans grows on dead hardwood or conifer trees. Its specific epithet, abundans, was given for obvious reasons: the mushrooms sprout abundantly in clusters. Each fruiting body tends to grow with a belly-button-like center to the cap which may or may not be a darker color.
Cap Diameter:
1 - 4 cm
Odor:
Mild, not particularly distinctive.
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General Info About Clitocybula abundans
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Attributes of Clitocybula abundans
Cap Diameter
1 - 4 cm
Height
3 - 6 cm
Cap
Cap 1.5 - 3 cm across; convex, planoconvex; brown, grayish; bald, with innate, radiating fibers; the margin not lined
Cap Shape
Convex, Depressed
Cap Surfaces
Smooth, Fibrillose-scaly
Gills
Broadly adnate, decurrent; close; white
Gill Attachment
Attached
Stem
Stem 3 - 6 cm long, 2 - 3 mm thick; equal; whitish, a little brownish; bald, or silky near the apex
Stem Shapes
Cylindrical
Stem Surfaces
Smooth
Stem Cross Sections
Hollow or cottony hollow
Flesh
Insubstantial; watery whitish; unchanging when sliced
Ring
Ringless
Spore Print Color
White
Odor
Mild, not particularly distinctive.
Body Color
Brown
Gray
White
Flesh Bruises
The flesh or milk does not discolor when bruised or cut.
Growth Form
Clustered
Nutrient Gathering
Saprophytic
Substrate
Dead Woods
You can find Clitocybula abundans by these plants:
Paper birch
Occurence Habitats
Coniferous Woodland, Deciduous Woodland
Species Status
Fairly widely distributed in northern and montane North America
Endangered Species
No
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Habitat of Clitocybula abundans
Clitocybula abundans thrives in dense clusters on deadwood, favoring both coniferous and hardwood environments, particularly where birch is present.
