Inocybe napipes    J. Lange 

common name(s) : Bulbous Fibrecap 

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

synonyms: Astrosporina napipes 

edibility : poisonous

potential confusions with  Inocybe napipes toxicity of Inocybe napipes genus Inocybe  

The cap is hazelnut brown to dull brown, with a central umbo. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is bulbous, without ring.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are adnate, crowded . The spore print is tobacco brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, on a rather acid soil, with birch.

The fruiting period takes place from July to December.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 2 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 7 mm (between 5 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : none.

Distinctive features : umbonate cap, with radial fibrils; strongly bulbous stem, whitish at its base and apex; tinted with brown in between

Inocybe napipes is quite rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is frequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Inocybe napipes in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Inocybe napipes in the forest of Rambouillet



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