Edible
Sweetbread Mushroom
Clitopilus prunulus
Also known as: Sweetbread Mushroom, The Miller
Botanical Overview
Clitopilus prunulus, commonly known as the miller or the sweetbread mushroom, is an edible pink-spored basidiomycete mushroom found in grasslands in Europe and North America. 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.
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Similar & Confusing Lookalikes
Never harvest or eat wild mushrooms based on photos alone. Always cross-check against these similar lookalikes:
Unverified / Caution
White Domecap
Leucocybe connata
Lookalike
Clitopilus cystidiatus
Clitopilus cystidiatus
Lookalike
Clitocybe rivulosa
Clitocybe rivulosa
Lookalike
Calocybe gambosa
Calocybe gambosa
Classification
Scientific Taxonomy
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Basidiomycota
Class Agaricomycetes
Order Agaricales
Family Entolomataceae
Genus Clitopilus
Safety Notice: Never consume any wild mushroom based exclusively on photographs or app identification. Many deadly poisonous species (such as Amanita phalloides) closely mimic edible varieties. Always verify your specimen in person with a certified expert mycologist.
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