Lepista irina (Fr.) Bigelow syn. Tricholoma irinum (Fr.) Kummer syn. Rhodopaxillus irinus (Fr.) Métrod Veilchen Rötelritterling Lépiste tricholome, Rhodopaxille ŕ odeur d'Iris Flowery Blewit. Cap 5–10cm across, hemispherical then flattened-convex, often wavy at the margin, clay-pink to reddish-brown. Stem 60–100 x 10–20mm, dirty white to pallid, covered in long fibres and often ochraceous near the base. Flesh thick, white. Taste and smell strongly perfumed. Gills emarginate, crowded, flesh-coloured becoming more reddish-brown or cinnamon. Spore print dirty pink. Spores very minutely spiny, 7–9 x 3.5–4um. Habitat in open woodland. Season autumn. Rare. Edible. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Distribution, America and Europe. |