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

synonyms: Inocbye du Jura, Schuppiger Risspilz
Inocybe jurana2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8645
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Violet or purple, Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Bulbous base of stem, 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 jurana Pat. Schuppiger Risspilz, Inocbye du Jura. Cap 2–6cm across, conical to bell-shaped, buff with radiating darker brown fibres radiating from the centre, soon flushed reddish brown or sometimes vinaceous-purple; note, the black patches on the caps are mould. Stem 20–60 x 4–10mm, white soon reddish, base slightly swollen. Flesh white becoming flushed pink in cap and stem base. Taste mild or mealy, smell strongly mealy. Gills adnate or free, white at first then tinged clay, edge white at first then tinged clay, edge white. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, clavate, without apical encrustation. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores smooth, bean-shaped, 10–15 x 5–7µ. Habitat deciduous or mixed woods especially beechwoods on chalk. Season autumn. Uncommon. Not edible, most Inocybes have been found to contain toxins. Found In Europe.

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