Cap is pink-tinged, leather brown and smooth, silky, and funnel-shaped, typically with a wavy margin. The flesh is soft and white with a fruity smell. Gills deeply decurrent (deeply extended downward), white or pale buff gills that are narrow and quite crowded. Stem similarly coloured as the cap. It is smooth and more or less equal apart from a slightly swollen base. The mushroom has no ring. Spore print white.
Microscopic Features: Spores are smooth, ellipsoidal to pip-shaped, measuring 5.5-8μm in length and 3.5-5μm in width.
Synonyms: Infundibulicybe gibba is a synonym.
Clitocybe gibba on the www.first-nature.com web site.
Infundibulicybe (Clitocybe) gibba on the MushroomExpert.Com We site.
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