Inocybe lanuginosa (Bull. ex Fr.) Kummer. Cap 1.5-3cm, at first hemispherical, then flattish with an umbo; dark red-brown; densely scaly even in button stage. Gills adnexed; pallid clay-colored then cinnamon. Stem 20-40 X 2.5-4mm; similar in color to the cap but paler; strongly fibrillose to scaly. Flesh brownish. Odor unpleasant. Spores nodulose, rather varied from almost stellate to ovoid, 7.7-10.2 x 5.5-7µ,. Deposit snuff brown. Pleurocystidia few, rather narrow-walled, spindle-shaped, not usually encrusted, showing a touch yellowish in 3 percent KOH. Habitat conifer woods. Frequent. Found across northern North America. Season July-September. Not edible, most Inocybes have been found to contain toxins. Comment Very distinct with its prominent dark brown pointed scales; probably often thought to be Inocybe hystrix Karst. when identified in the field.