Inocybe hystrix    (Fr.) P. Karst. 

common name(s) : Scaly Fibrecap 

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

edibility : poisonous

potential confusions with Inocybe hystrix toxicity of Inocybe hystrix genus Inocybe  

The cap is brown (scales) on a paler background.

its texture is fibrous.

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

The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 2 and 5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 6 cm (between 3 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 6 mm (between 4 and 8 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


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



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