Dune Grey-gill
Description
Cap expanded, with broad umbo, Ø 8-12 cm, matt, grey-brown.
Gills grey.
Stem 8-10 x 1-2 cm, light grey, half buried in dune sand. Flesh whitish cream. Smell faint.
Occurrence
On sand deficient in humus in outer coastal sand dunes or calcareous dune sand under gorse scrub.
With a small, fully developed fruit-body on the cap!
Saprophyte.
Status
Vulnerable (Red Data List, ed. 1)