Inocybe maculata Boud. Gefleckter Risspilz, Inocbye tacheté, Frosty Fibrecap. Cap 2–8cm across, conical to bell-shaped, covered in long chestnut fibres and initially with a veil of dense white down which persists on the prominent umbo, often radially split or cracked. Stem 30–80 x 5–12mm, white becoming flushed brown, sometimes slightly smoother at the base. Flesh white. Taste mild, smell strong and fruity. Gills adnate pale greyish buff, edge white. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, clavate without apical encrustation. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores smooth, bean-shaped 9–11 x 4.5–5.5µ. Habitat in beechwoods on chalk. Season autumn. Occasional. Poisonous. Found In Europe. |