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

synonyms: Bulbous Fibrecap, Rübenstielger Risspilz
Inocybe napipes Mushroom
Ref No: 8654
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Inocybe napipes2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8655
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Inocybe napipes3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8656
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow, Brown
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Bulbous base of stem, Simple stem
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Inocybe napipes Lange syn. Astrosporina napipes (Lange) Pearson. Rübenstielger Risspilz, Bulbous Fibrecap. Cap 2–5cm across, conical to bell-shaped with pointed umbo, chestnut brown to umber, covered in radial fibres. Stem 30–60 x 5–7mm, whitish at apex and at base of bulb, stem tinged with cap colour. Flesh whitish buff in cap and bulb, darker in stem. Taste mild, smell slight, not distinctive. Gills adnexed, whitish then dingy brown. Cystidia thick-walled, ventricose, with apical encrustation. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores oblong with several prominent knobs, 9–10 x 6µ. Habitat in damp deciduous and mixed woods. Season summer to late autumn. Frequent. Poisonous. Distribution, America and Europe.

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