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Trooping Funnel
A large, cream to buff funnel cap with a prominent central boss and a tall, base-swollen stem. It grows in troops or fairy rings in grassy woodland clearings in autumn. It is common in Europe and less common in North America. A ring at Belfort in eastern France has been estimated at about 800 years old.
Edible when young; older caps turn leathery and the fibrous stem is discarded. It can be confused with poisonous species of similar size and colour. Entoloma sinuatum has sinuate gills that do not run down the stem, a mealy smell, a shorter stem and a pink spore print; the miller (Clitopilus prunulus) also has pink spores. Check for the white spore print, deeply decurrent gills and tall stem.
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