Back Clitopilus prunulus AST Падвішань Byelorussian Садовік BE-X-OLD Clitopilus prunulus CEB Mechovka obecná Czech Cap melinydd Welsh Mehl-Räsling German Clitopilus prunulus Spanish Tavaharmik Estonian Errotari Basque
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Clitopilus prunulus (The Miller) | |
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 | 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,[1] is an edible pink-spored basidiomycete mushroom found in grasslands in Europe and North America.[2] 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 has a grey to white cap and decurrent gills.
- ^ "Clitopilus prunulus (MushroomExpert.Com)". Retrieved 2009-01-20.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.