Inocybe flocculosa    (Berk.) Sacc. 

common name(s) : Fleecy Fibrecap 

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

synonyms: Inocybe tigrina, Inocybe flocculosa-flocculosa, Inocybe fulvidula, Inocybe lucifuga ss.Stangl. 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Inocybe pluteoides, Inocybe cordae, Inocybe dentifera, Inocybe rohlenae)  

edibility : poisonous

potential confusions with  Inocybe flocculosa toxicity of Inocybe flocculosa genus Inocybe  

The cap is cinnamon brown to ochre-brown.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is tobacco brown. This species is mycorrhizal.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 1 and 6 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 3 and 7 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 5 mm (between 2 and 10 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


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



page updated on 14/01/18