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

synonyms: Frosty Fibrecap, Gefleckter Risspilz, Inocbye tacheté
Inocybe maculata Mushroom
Ref No: 8651
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Inocybe maculata2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8652
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: White to cream, Brown, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
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 maculata Boud. Gefleckter Risspilz, Inocbye tacheté, Frosty Fibrecap. Cap 2–8cm across, conical to bell-shaped, covered in long chestnut fibres and initially with a veil of dense white down which persists on the prominent umbo, often radially split or cracked. Stem 30–80 x 5–12mm, white becoming flushed brown, sometimes slightly smoother at the base. Flesh white. Taste mild, smell strong and fruity. Gills adnate pale greyish buff, edge white. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, clavate without apical encrustation. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores smooth, bean-shaped 9–11 x 4.5–5.5µ. Habitat in beechwoods on chalk. Season autumn. Occasional. Poisonous. Found In Europe.

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