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

Inocybe cookei Mushroom
Ref No: 8612
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Inocybe cookei 3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8613
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Inocybe cookei4 Mushroom
Ref No: 8614
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Bulbous base of stem, Simple stem
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Inocybe cookei Bres. Knolliger Risspilz, Inocbye de Cooke, Straw Fibrecap. Cap 2–5cm across, conical or bell-shaped then flattened with a prominent umbo, margin cracking, ochre, covered in long fibrous fibres. Stem 30–60 x 4–8mm, whitish with ochre flush, bulb marginate. Flesh whitish then straw-yellow. Taste mild, smell slight. Gills adnexed, whitish then pale cinnamon. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, pyriform and non-encrusted. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores smooth, bean-shaped, 7–8 x 4–5µ. Habitat mixed woods. Season summer to late autumn. Occasional. Poisonous. Distribution, America and Europe.

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