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

synonyms: Inocbye fastigié, Kegeliger Risspilz
Inocybe fastigiata Mushroom
Ref No: 8624
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Inocybe fastigiata2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8625
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Inocybe fastigiata3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8626
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow, Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Inocybe fastigiata (Schaeff. ex Fr.) Quél. syn I. pseudofastigiata Rea.
Kegeliger Risspilz, Inocbye fastigié. Cap 2–10cm across, conical or bell-shaped with prominent umbo, splitting radially on expanding, straw-yellow or buff covered in long silky fibres. Stem 30–90 x 4–12mm, white at apex, pale buff below, no bulb. Flesh white, unchanging. Taste mild with bitter aftertaste, smell slight, mealy. Gills adnexed or adnate, yellowish-clay with white edge. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, cylindric, non-encrusted. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores smooth, bean-shaped 9–12 x 4.5–7µ. Habitat in deciduous woodland especially beechwoods. Season early summer to late autumn. Common. Poisonous. Distribution, America and Europe.

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