Inocybe grammata Quél. Syn. I. albodisca Pk. Gestreifter Risspilz. Cap 1.5–4cm across, conical to bell-shaped with an acute whitish umbo, elsewhere honey-coloured often with a pink flush and covered in fine white radiating fibrils. Stem 40–75 x 3–10mm, with a large marginate bulb, white becoming flushed pinkish especially at apex, finely mealy to base. Flesh white in the centre of the cap, elsewhere pale flesh-coloured. Taste mild, smell strong and pleasant. Gills white then pallid becoming cinnamon. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia variable in shape from fusoid to ovoid with thickened hyaline walls and apical encrustation. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores oblong with 8–12 indistinct knobs giving a wavy outline, 7–9 x 5–5.5µ. Habitat amongst grass in open mixed woodland. Season summer. Uncommon. Not edible most Inocybes have been found to contain toxins. Distribution, America and Europe. |