Media is from medius, middle; it is so called because it is intermediate between C. nebularis and C. clavipes. It is not as plentiful as either of the others in our woods.
The pileus is grayish-brown or blackish-brown, always darker than C. nebularis. The flesh is white and farinaceous in taste.
The gills are rather broad, not crowded, adnate and decurrent, white, with few transverse ridges or veins in the spaces between the gills.
The stem is one to two inches long, usually tapering upward, paler than the pileus, rather elastic, smooth. The spores are plainly elliptical, 8×5µ.
This resembles very closely the two species mentioned above and is hard to separate. I found the specimens in Figure 64 along Ralston's Run where the ground is mossy and damp. Found in September and October.
Clitocybe infundibuliformis. Schaeff.
The Funnel-Formed Clitocybe. Edible.
Photo by C. G. Lloyd.