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

Inocybe petiginosa Mushroom
Ref No: 8661
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Brown
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: Simple stem
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Inocybe petiginosa (Fr. ex Fr.) Gillet. Zwergrisspilz, Scurfy Fibrecap. Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, convex to obtusely umbonate, initially covered in small whitish scales which are soon lost leaving the surface silky-fibrous, margin white, disc brown. Stem 15–40 x 1–2mm, mealy, cream to reddish-brown. Flesh thick at disc, whitish in cap, reddish-brown in stem. Taste mild, smell none. Gills cream at first later brown with an olivaceous tint, edge hairy (sub lente). Cystidia thick-walled, fusoid, becoming yellow in ammonia. Spore print snuff brown. Spores ovoid with several blunt knobs, 6.5–8.5 x 4–6µ. Habitat deciduous woods, especially beech. Season autumn. Uncommon. Not edible most Inocybes have been found to contain toxins. Found In Europe.

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