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

synonyms: Greenflush Fibrecap, Grünbruckliger Risspilz, Inocbye à odeur de corydalis
Inocybe corydalina 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8615
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Inocybe corydalina Mushroom
Ref No: 8616
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Green, Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Conical or nearly so
stem type: 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 corydalina Quél. Grünbruckliger Risspilz, Inocbye à odeur de corydalis, Greenflush Fibrecap. Cap 2–6cm across, bell-shaped, then flattened, margin cracking, dingy white covered in long brown fibres, radiating umbo flushed olivaceous. Stem 30–60 x 5–10mm, whitish tinged brown, slightly swollen at base and there sometimes blue green. Flesh white, yellowish with age. Taste mild, smell strong of bread paste. Gills adnexed, pale clay with white edge. Cystidia thick-walled, fusoid, encrusted. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores smooth, ellipsoid, 8–10 x 5–6.5µ. Habitat beech woods on chalk. Season autumn. Rare. Not edible, most Inocybes have been found to contain toxins. Found In Europe.

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