Inocybe caesariata (Fr.) Karsten. Cap 1.5-5cm across, broadly convex, eventually flattish; yellow-ochre, darker in the center, covered in tiny brownish ochre scales. Gills adnate-seceding; pallid ochre then darker. Stem 15-40 x 2-6mm; pallid olive; fibrillose to scaly. Flesh pallid tinged ochraceous. Odor slight. Spores bean-shaped to ovoid, smooth, 10-12µ. Deposit snuff brown. Pleurocystidia absent. Habitat on the ground and in grass on woodland tracks, mainly with broad-leaved trees. Occasional. Found in northern North America. Season July-October. Not edible most Inocybes have been found to contain toxins. |