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

synonyms: Blaufüssiger Risspilz, Greenfoot Fibrecap
Inocybe calamistrata Mushroom
Ref No: 8601
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Inocybe calamistrata2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8603
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Inocybe calamistrata3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8606
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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: 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 calamistrata (Fr.) Gillet.
Blaufüssiger Risspilz, Greenfoot Fibrecap. Cap 1–5cm across, convex to bell-shaped, dark brown, covered in erect pointed scales. Stem 30–70´5–10mm, concolorous with cap, apex paler, covered in recurved brown scales, base with bluish-green down. Flesh white becoming reddish, bluish-green at stem base. Taste mild, smell fishy or acidic. Gills whitish later rusty-brown. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, vesicular or clavate lacking apical encrustation. Pleurocystidia absent. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores bean-shaped, smooth, 9.5–11.5´5–6.5m. Habitat coniferous or mixed woods. Season summer. Rare. Edibility unknown -avoid, most Inocybes have been found to contain toxins. Distribution, America and Europe.

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