Inocybe lacera (Fr.) Kummer var. heterosperma Grund & Stuntz. Cap 1-3cm, broadly conical, margin for a long time rounded; dark brown; the surface very matted and fibrous, sometimes arranged into scale-like patches. Gills adnate; pallid brown, bruising reddish brown then darker. Stem 20-35 x 4-7mm, not bulbous; pallid bruising brown, eventually dark brown, especially at the base; very fibrous. Flesh pallid, bruising a little brownish. Odor slight, a touch spermatic. Spores very variable in size and shape, from ovoid to very long almond shaped, smooth, 8-13.5 x 5.5-7.5µ. Deposit snuff brown. Pleurocystidia ventricose, transparent, thick-walled, some encrusted, around 65 x 17µ.. Habitat in mixed woods, in the open on the roadside. Found in Washington and Nova Scotia. Season May-October. Not edible, most Inocybes have been found to contain toxins. Comment My collection agreed quite well with that of Grund & Stuntz except that mine bruised more.