Clitopilus prunulus
| Clitopilus prunulus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Entolomataceae |
| Genus: | Clitopilus |
| Species: | C. prunulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Clitopilus prunulus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Agaricus prunulus Scop., 1772 | |
| Clitopilus prunulus | |
|---|---|
| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is convex | |
| Hymenium is decurrent | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is pink | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is choice but not recommended | |
Clitopilus prunulus, commonly known as the miller or the sweetbread mushroom, is a basidiomycete mushroom. It has a grey to white cap, decurrent gills, and pink spores.
It is found in grasslands in Europe and North America. Growing solitary to gregarious in open areas of conifer/hardwood forests; common under Bishop pine (Pinus muricata) along the coast north of San Francisco; fruiting shortly after the fall rains. It is edible.