Fool's Funnel vs Fairy Ring Champignon
Clitocybe rivulosa and Marasmius oreades are confused for one another often enough to be worth putting next to each other.
Grows in lawns and grassland alongside the edible Fairy Ring Champignon. Muscarine poisoning.
Tough-stemmed lawn mushroom with a good flavour — but it shares its fairy rings with deadly Clitocybe species.
Side by side
| Clitocybe rivulosa | Marasmius oreades | |
|---|---|---|
| In this game | Poisonous | Edible |
| Habitat | Short grass — lawns, verges, dunes and pasture, often in rings. | Short grass — lawns, pasture and verges — in the rings that give it its name. |
| Season | Summer to late autumn. | Late spring to autumn. |
| Spore print | White. | White. |
This comparison cannot make a mushroom safe to eat. It sets out the few characteristics this game records, in general terms, for two species that vary by region, age and growing conditions. Real specimens overlap in ways no table and no photograph can separate, and the deadly one here is deadly in a single meal. Ask a qualified local expert, every time.
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Clitocybe rivulosa is also confused with Ivory Funnel.
Marasmius oreades is also confused with Ivory Funnel and Deadly Fibrecap.
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