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

synonyms: Erdblättriger Faserkopf, Inocbye terrestre, White Fibrecap
Inocybe geophylla 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8631
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Inocybe geophylla 4 Mushroom
Ref No: 8632
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Inocybe geophylla Mushroom
Ref No: 8635
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream
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 geophylla (Sow. ex Fr.) Kummer. Erdblättriger Faserkopf, Inocbye terrestre, White Fibrecap. Cap 1.5–3.5cm across, conical, soon expanding, with prominent umbo, smooth and silky, white with yellowish tinge. Stem 10–60 x 3–6mm, white, silky fibrillose. Flesh white, unchanging. Taste mild, smell earthy or mealy. Gills crowded, adnexed, cream at first darkening to clay. Cystidia thick-walled, fusoid with apical encrustation. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores smooth, almond-shaped, 8–10.5 x 5–6µ. Habitat on pathsides in deciduous, mixed and coniferous woods. Season early summer to late autumn. Common. Poisonous. Distribution, America and Europe.

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