Inocybe longicystis Atk. Birken-Risspilz. Cap 2–4cm across, convex at first becoming flattened, cinnamon to darker brown, covered in shaggy fibrous erect scales especially in the centre. Stem 40–70 x 5–7mm, brown with cottony fibres giving it a coarse shaggy appearance. Flesh white. Smell slight. Gills broad, adnexed to adnate, cinnamon. Cystidia thin-walled, cylindric, sometimes with subapical constriction, present on gill edge and gill face. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores oblong with knobby surface, 8–10 x 5–6µ. Habitat amongst moss in mixed woods of pine and birch. Season autumn. Occasional. Not edible most Inocybes have been found to contain toxins. Found In Europe.