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| synonyms: Inocybe jurana |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Poisonous/Suspect |
| fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Conical or nearly so |
| stem type: Bulbous base of stem |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
| spore colour: Light to dark brown |
| habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides
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Inocybe adaequata (Britz.) Sacc. syn. I. jurana Pat. Cap 2–6cm across, conical to bell-shaped, buff with radiating darker brown fibres radiating from the centre, soon flushed reddish brown or sometimes vinaceous-purple; note, the black patches on the caps are mould. Stem 20–60 x 4–10mm, white soon reddish, base slightly swollen. Flesh white becoming flushed pink in cap and stem base. Taste mild or mealy, smell strongly mealy. Gills adnate or free, white at first then tinged clay, edge white at first then tinged clay, edge white. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, clavate, without apical encrustation. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores smooth, bean-shaped, 10–15 x 5–7m. Habitat deciduous or mixed woods especially beechwoods on chalk. Season autumn. Uncommon. Not edible. Note I have adopted the earlier name. |
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