Dear friends, long time no see.
From Malta (Gozo) I encountered this grey mushroom growing in small clumps in a garden-soil in a park under Cypress trees. It is a Clitocybe (Funnel fungus) with a faint sweet-fruity scent, taste mild-mushroom at first than changes to sharp, bitter-acid....
In the lab:
Spore print pure white
Spore Size
(5.8) 6.4 - 7.3 (7.6) × (4.4) 4.6 - 5.3 (5.5) µm
Q = 1.3 - 1.5 ; N = 29
Me = 6.8 × 4.9 µm; Qe = 1.4
Spore shape: pip-shaped (like orange seeds) with what looks to be a warty surface.
I had high hopes of Clitocybe nebularis but two things are a bit off:
1. Spore width a bit too high (Q is higher for nebularis?)
2. Spores seems warty but nebularis have them smooth.
* Maybe I am sleepy right now, but spore shape is not Entolma-ish right?
.... well, Entolmas has pinkish spore prints, so cant be E.
Otherwise it is a good match.
