Inocybe cookei Bres. |
The cap is straw yellow to ochre or orange, conical then expanded, with a prominent central umbo; its margin is cracked. The cap surface is radially fibrillose, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is white then ochraceous in places, bulbous. The flesh is white then straw yellow with age, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is faint, of honey, then rank; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white, ochre greyish then cinnamon brown, emarginate to adnate, not very crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 17 ). The spore print is tobacco brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in mixed woods, wood edges or gardens, on a rather calcareous soil, with birch, hazel, beech, spruce. The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : straw yellow to ochre cap, with fibrils and sharp umbo; whitish then brown gills; bulbous whitish stem; honey smell Inocybe cookei is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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