Inocybe dulcamara    (Alb. & Schwein.) P. Kumm. 

common name(s) : Bittersweet Inocybe 

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

edibility : discard

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photo gallery of  Inocybe dulcamara potential confusions with  Inocybe dulcamara toxicity of Inocybe dulcamara genus Inocybe  

The cap is tawny-ochre, yellow-brown to reddish brown, convex then expanded to almost flat, generally with an obtuse umbo; its margin is smooth, thin, possibly wavy with age but rarely cracked, unlike most Inocybes. The cap surface is fibrillose to finely scaly, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is whitish or of same colour as cap, more or less equal or thicker at its base, sometimes with a white, short-lasting ring zone (cortina).

The flesh is whitish to pale ochre, unchanging; its taste is mild to slightly bitter; the odour is faint, of honey, grassy or unpleasant; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are pale ochre-yellow to brown, slightly bowed, broadly adnate to slightly decurrent, not very crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 15 ). The spore print is tobacco brown. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, In open woodlands, forests, wastelands, paths or parks, with conifers or broad-leaved trees.

The fruiting period takes place from May to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 3.5 cm (between 1 and 6 cm)
  height of stem approximately 5 cm (between 2.5 and 8 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 6 mm (between 3 and 10 mm)

Distinctive features : fibrillose-scaly, flattened, tawny yellow to reddish brown cap, with an uncracked margin; white cortina on young specimens, later turning to an indistinct ring zone; flesh with sweet to bitter taste and faint odour of honey; in wastelands, woods, paths or parks

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



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