Inocybe cincinnata (Fr.:Fr.) Quél. |
The cap is violet-brown then rapidly reddish brown to ochraceous brown, bell-shaped, then convex and expanded, with a barely showing umbo; its margin is incurved a long time, obtuse. The cap surface is fluffy to scaly with erect scales, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is cylindrical and flexible, violaceous then brown, but remaining lilac at the apex, with fibrils but not pruinose, and brown scales towards the base, without ring, with sometimes cortina remnants on the cap's margin. The flesh is whitish, washed with violet in cap and apex of stem, unchanging; its taste is mild to slightly bitter; the odour is spermatic or mealy; its texture is fibrous. The gills are violet then pale-brown with a brown edge, and finally rusty-brown, adnexed, emarginate to adnate, rather crowded . The spore print is tobacco brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in damp coniferous and deciduous woods, on a rather calcareous soil. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : dark brown, shaggy-scaly cap; stem washed with violet at the apex, scaly and brown towards the base; gills with violet shade then pale brown, with a darker edge Inocybe cincinnata is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking . | ||
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