Inocybe cincinnata (Fr.) Quél. Lilaspitziger Risspilz, Collared Fibrecap. Cap 12cm across, bell-shaped then expanding with a broad umbo, reddish-brown, densely covered in minute erect scales. Stem 2030 x 24mm, pallid tinged violaceous at apex, thinly covered in brownish cottony tufts towards the base. Flesh whitish, flushed violet in cap and stem apex. Taste slightly bitter, smell mealy. Gills pallid with a brown edge, then rusty-brown. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia fusoid, bottle-shaped, encrusted apically with crystals and with thickened walls which are yellowish in ammonia. Spore print rust brown. Spores obliquely ovate, smooth, 7.59.5 x 4.56µ. Habitat damp deciduous and coniferous woods. Season summer. Occasional. Not edible most Inocybes have been found to contain toxins. Distribution, America and Europe. |