How to tell The miller from Ivory funnel

Cap 2-5 cm across, convex when young, becoming funnel-shaped over time, with a depressed center and a thin wavy margin. Color whitish, cream, with pale gray or ochre patches; silky-sheened in wet weather, chalky white when dry. Surface smooth, with barely visible radial streaks.

Cap 3-10 cm across; hemispherical in young mushrooms, later becoming convex-flat to funnel-shaped with a thin, wavy margin. Color white to cream, with a faint grayish-pink tint in old specimens. Surface smooth, dryish, slightly sticky in wet weather. The cap margin is thin.

Gilled hymenophore. Gills crowded, thin, decurrent down the stem (a hallmark of the genus Clitocybe). Color whitish to cream. Spore print white.

Gilled hymenophore — the gills are running down the stem (decurrent), crowded, thin. In young mushrooms — whitish, with age they become pink from the ripened pink spores. Spore print PINK — it narrows things down to a few genera, but it doesn't separate the miller from the livid pinkgill, whose print is pink too. Most gilled mushrooms have a white or brown spore print — a pink one tells you it's either the miller or an Entoloma.

Stem 2-4 cm tall, 0.3-0.8 cm thick, slender, cylindrical, often curved. Color whitish to cream, with white mycelial fuzz at the base. Surface smooth, no ring. Stem flesh firm.

Stem 3-7 cm tall, 0.7-1.5 cm thick, cylindrical, relatively short, often tapering toward the base. Color white to cream. Surface with fine lengthwise fibers. No ring and no volva.

Flesh thin, white, watery, brittle. Does not change color when cut. It has a faint, pleasant smell (slightly sweet, or mealy according to some guides) and a mild taste — and that is what makes this species so treacherous: it smells and tastes "right", nothing sets off alarm bells.

Flesh firm, white, when cut it doesn't change color. Smell distinctly mealy — like raw dough or freshly milled grain — the most characteristic feature of the species.

Faint and indistinct, slightly sweet; some guides describe it as mealy. This adds to the danger: the smell raises no suspicion. Never rely on smell when identifying mushrooms of this size.

Distinctly mealy and pleasant, like raw dough or freshly milled grain (Russian sources call it "the smell of cucumber flour"). Fresh, not rancid — this sets it apart from the livid pinkgill, whose smell is also mealy, but with a sour or rancid note.