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

synonyms: Fleecy Fibrecap, Flockiger Risspilz
Inocybe flocculosa Mushroom
Ref No: 8628
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Inocybe flocculosa2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8629
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Inocybe flocculosa3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8630
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Red or redish or pink, Brown, Grey to beige
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 flocculosa (Berk). Sacc. syn. I. gausapata Kühn. Flockiger Risspilz, Fleecy Fibrecap. Cap 2–4cm across, bell-shaped with a prominent broad umbo, pale cinnamon brown with cream or grey down, margin paler and joined to the stem by a whitish cortina. Stem 30–50 x 5–10mm, white becoming flushed fawn with white base, apex pruinose. Flesh white, reddening slightly in the stem. Taste mild, smell mealy or fruity. Gills adnexed, crowded, pale fawn at first later cinnamon. Cystidia thick-walled, fusoid, with apical encrustation. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores smooth, almond-shaped, 8–11 x 4.5–5.5µ. Habitat in broad-leaved or mixed woods. Season autumn. Occasional. Poisonous. Distribution, America and Europe.

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