Clitocybe fragrans (With.) P. Kumm.
(Fragrant Funnel)

Interactions where Clitocybe fragrans is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, rotting litter [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Clitocybe fragrans/Clitocybe fragransfragrant funnelfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdead, rottinglitter
fruitbody (large) large fruitbody is saprobic on dead, rotting wood chip Minor [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Clitocybe fragrans/Clitocybe fragransfragrant funnellargefruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdead, rottingwood chipMinor

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Clitocybe fragrans (Fragrant Funnel) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Clitocybe fragrans (Fragrant Funnel) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Clitocybe suaveolens
a funnelcap
Doubtful 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesClitocybe fragrans (Fragrant Funnel)
GenusClitocybe (funnel caps)
FamilyTRICHOLOMATACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Clitocybe fragrans (Fragrant Funnel)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Henrici, A. & Kibby, G. 2014 Fungal Portraits No. 60: Clitocybe obsoleta Field Mycology Vol 15 (4): 111-112.

Clitocybe fragrans (Fragrant Funnel) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Clitocybe fragrans (Fragrant Funnel):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 20 images of Clitocybe fragrans (Fragrant Funnel)

A common small Clitocybe with a weak smell of aniseed. The cap is pallid and pellucid-striate when wet, but dries almost white. The toadstool grows on woodland soil or other organic matter and can be found throughout the year.

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