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

synonyms: Inocbye de Godey, Rötender Risspilz
Inocybe godeyi Mushroom
Ref No: 8636
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Inocybe godeyi2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8637
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Yellow, Brown
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Bulbous base of stem
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged, Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy)
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Inocybe godeyi Gillet. Rötender Risspilz, Inocbye de Godey. Cap 2–5cm across, conical then expanded, cream then ochraceous to tan, bruising bright red, often becoming entirely so, smooth and silky becoming radially fissured with age. Stem 40–60 x 3–8mm, ending in a distinctly marginate bulb, whitish then reddening, mealy to the base. Flesh white, gradually reddening when cut. Taste acrid, smell strong, unpleasant. Gills whitish at first then cinnamon. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia fusoid or bottle-shaped with thickened walls and apical encrustation. Spore print snuff brown. Spores almond-shaped, smooth, 9–11.5 x 5.5–7µ. Habitat deciduous woods, especially with beech on chalk. Season autumn. Uncommon. Poisonous. Distribution, America and Europe.

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