Inocybe lacera    (Fr.:Fr.) P. Kumm. 

common name(s) : Torn Fibrecap, Torn-capped Inocybe 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Inocybaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Cortinariaceae/Inocybeae  

synonyms: Inocybe lacera-lacera, Inocybe deflectens 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Inocybe carbonaria, Inocybe demitrata, Inocybe mammosa, Inocybe mitracea, Inocybe moravica, Inocybe pallescens, Inocybe deglubens-trivialis)  

edibility : poisonous

potential confusions with Inocybe lacera toxicity of Inocybe lacera genus Inocybe  

The cap is red-brown to dark brown, with a central umbo; its margin is cracked, torn. The cap surface is scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is white towards top, brown towards base, without ring, with a cortina.

The flesh is white, unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is mealy or rank; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are pale then brown with white edge, free, rather crowded . The spore print is tobacco brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, on a rather acid soil.

The fruiting period takes place from May to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3 cm (between 1 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 4 cm (between 2 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 5 mm (between 2 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : on sandy soils; cap with fibrils

Inocybe lacera is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Inocybe lacera in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Inocybe lacera in the forest of Rambouillet



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