Inocybe griseolilacina Lange. Grauvioletter Risspilz, Inocbye gris-lilas, Lilac Leg Fibrecap. Cap 1.5–2.5cm across, conico-covex at first then expanded and umbonate, ochre-brown with violet tinges when young, particularly at the centre, covered in small shaggy scales. Stem 30–70 x 2–4mm, pale lilac when young later brown, densely covered in white cottony fibres, slightly swollen at the base. Flesh lilac when young becoming dirty white or brownish with age. Taste mild, smell strongly mealy. Gills adnate, white at first then snuff-brown. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia thick-walled, fusoid with apical encrustation, hyaline. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores ellipsoid to almond-shaped, 8.5–11 x 5–6µ. Habitat deciduous woods and roadsides. Season autumn. Uncommon. Not edible most Inocybes have been found to contain toxins. Distribution, America and Europe. |