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

synonyms: Bleicher Risspilz
Inocybe eutheles 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8620
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Inocybe eutheles Mushroom
Ref No: 8621
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Yellow
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Simple stem
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Inocybe eutheles (Berk. & Br.) Quél.
Bleicher Risspilz. Cap 2–4cm across, bell-shaped with prominent umbo, pale buff and broken up into coarse fibrous scales, paler at margin. Stem 40–70 x 5–10mm, white flushed flesh-colour, slightly swollen at the base, pruinose throughout. Flesh white, unchanging. Taste mild, smell earthy. Gills adnate, pale clay with white edge. Cystidia thick-walled elongate-fusoid with apical encrustation, pale yellowish. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores smooth, almond-shaped, 8.5–10 x 4–5µ. Habitat with conifers. Season autumn. Frequent. Not edible most Inocybes have been found to contain toxins. Distribution, America and Europe.

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