
Clitopilus prunulus var orcellus
This handsome mushroom is recognized by the decurrent gills and pinkish spore print. It is similar to Clitopilus prunulus var prunulus (The Miller) but has a slimy cap and is bone white. Also, the specimens I have seen are more robust than C. prunulus. Some consider this a distinct species (Clitopilus orcellus)and others as merely a variety (C. prunulus var orcellus)
Clitopilus prunulus Caps are 2-9 cm across, dry, silky, convex to flat or depressed, with a lobed margin, cream to buff or greyish, and often with a yellow tinge. Mushrooms have the odour and taste of ground meal. Gills are decurrent, white, ageing pinkish, close and narrow. Stalks are up to 5 cm tall by 1.5 cm broad, white and minutely hairy. The spore print is pink. Widespread and fairly common, this species fruits on the ground in woods. Edible.