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Inocybe bongardii.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Duftender Risspilz, Fruity Fibrecap
Inocybe bongardii Mushroom
Ref No: 8593
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Yellow, Red or redish or pink
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Inocybe bongardii (Weinm.) Quél
Duftender Risspilz, Fruity Fibrecap. Cap 3–6cm across, conico-convex then bell-shaped, pale cinnamon with pink flush, densely covered with slightly darker scales. Stem 50–100 x 5–10mm, silky, whitish but bruising red, finally entirely brownish. Flesh white becoming pinkish-buff. Taste mild, smell fruity, like ripe pears. Gills pale olive-grey becoming olive-cinnamon, edge white. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, cylindric to clavate. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores bean-shaped, smooth, 10–12 x 6–7µ. Habitat coniferous and deciduous woods. Season autumn. Uncommon. Poisonous. Found In Europe.

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